Phillips: Listening sessions and more helping provide answers to complex...
People just entering the workforce — or looking to change jobs — have plenty of opportunities for employment today. Help wanted signs are frequently displayed at most every retail business and...
View ArticleLetter: The courage of your convictions
The courage of your convictions In 1776, the Founding Fathers of America pledged “our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor” to free the country from the rule of a mad tyrant, George III, King of...
View ArticleLetter: Responses to explanations regarding socialism, Trump
Editor,My response to “More complexity to analysis …”, TRC, Feb 27:1. “Communism is not socialism.” No, it isn’t, but it’s close. Socialism is the step between capitalism and communism, the ultimate...
View ArticleLetter: Attend Township Day on March 10
Nearly 1 million township residents in Minnesota will have the opportunity to participate in their local government by attending their township’s upcoming annual meeting.On Township Day, held this year...
View ArticleTalking cancer prevention with U of M
February is National Cancer Prevention Month. In Minnesota, there are an estimated 142,369 new cancer cases every year.Professor Timothy Church with the University of Minnesota answers questions on...
View ArticlePhillips: Health can’t ever be taken for granted
The coronavirus is creating uncertainty not only on Wall Street and in the economy, but also for the daily lives of people across the United States. The worries of this exotic, rapidly spreading...
View ArticleLetter: Democracy is a hands-on process
Be it resolved that:“Every school district shall require all students in ninth or 10th grade to take a one-semester civics class.”
View ArticleInvest in the future of Minnesota: Small businesses and family farms
By Doug Loon, Tamara Nelsen, John Hausladen and Kevin Paap Business owners invest in Minnesota’s future every day. They invest in their employees and their communities. They invest in their business...
View ArticlePhillips: Novel coronavirus getting plenty of attention, deservedly or not
Most anywhere people go these days, the conversation often turns to the coronavirus epidemic. Invariably, the conversation turns to criticism of the media. The criticism isn’t with inaccurate...
View ArticleLetter: ‘-Isms’ creating schisms dividing country
A schism is a deep division in a group of people who used to agree, until an issue arose that they couldn’t agree on. In most cases, a part of the group leaves and organizes a new group, with the new...
View ArticlePhillips: What a difference a week makes
The world has drastically changed since I wrote my column last week about the media coverage of the coronavirus, now known as covid-19. Pretty much anything of any significance has shut down.Now, the...
View ArticleRichardson: We’re all in this together
Western medicine is predicated on the “germ theory of disease.” That’s what it sounds like: the theory that germs like bacteria and viruses cause disease.If you want to prevent disease, our standard...
View ArticlePaulson: Fighting a virus with truth and transparency
As the scope and threat of the coronavirus pandemic becomes clear, people all over the world hunger for two things: an effective vaccine and truthful information about the disease.The former may be...
View ArticleDisinformation: Accurate news critical on coronavirus
Courtesy of Mankato Free Press We’ve said it before and we’ll say it for as long as it takes: Get your news from credible news sources, especially for stories as serious as the coronavirus.The National...
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Phillips: Local news still coming even as the world turns upside down
It’s inconceivable that just a few weeks ago many of us were focused on the hope of spring, which seemed so close as the snow melted much earlier than it had in the past few years when it took so long...
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