Opinion

Letters to the Editor

Rob Kerchner | Selective Admissions

Do the Minneapolis Pretti-Good proponents remember when an unarmed Ashli Babbitt was shot on Jan. 6?  She didn’t have a car or a loaded gun; she held nothing but a

David Hegg, "Ethically Speaking"

David Hegg | Cliches or Wisdom?

By David Hegg Sometimes things we hear all the time can slowly creep into our belief system as though they were true. But, as a general rule, most general rules

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Ron Perry | More Vendors?

Re: Article in Jan. 24 business section of The Signal.  Well here we go again! Instead of doing something worthwhile with $2.8 million, the county has decided to give it

Tim Whyte

Tim Whyte | Kids, Hockey and a Snowy Highway

I’ve been on those road trips. A snowy highway. A van packed full of kids, hockey gear and parents. Eagerly anticipating the games ahead, and yes, the road-trip highjinks in

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Larry Moore | Q and A for Midterms

Like it or not, campaigning for the 2026 mid-term elections has already started. Since the final election always comes down to a choice of one of two candidates, I would

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Philip Wasserman | A Thing About Pardons …

Nancy Fairbanks (letters, Jan. 20) argues that the prosecution of former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández amounted to prosecutorial overreach because it carried foreign-policy consequences. But nearly every major international

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Jack Crawford | Red-Tainted Lenses

Here we go again. Another officer-involved shooting in which one or more federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti, an intensive care unit nurse who served at a Minneapolis Veterans

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Rick Barker | Just Because

With all of the recent events occurring all over the country regarding interactions between law enforcement (federal, state, local) and the public, I believe a few observations and comments are

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Lois Eisenberg | The Other ‘L Word’

People have become supercharged about the word “liberal” not being a dirty word anymore.  One of the reasons is because the party in power has been chaotic, incompetent and cruel

Kathryn Jean Lopez commentary

Kathryn Jean Lopez | Life Will Keep Marching On

There’s a pro-abortion idea going around that the pro-life movement doesn’t care about babies after they are born. It’s a lie. Every January, the pro-life cause hosts a March for

Gary Horton

Gary Horton | Things We Can’t Forget

This last Saturday, we staged a long-overdue cleaning of Carrie’s closet.  We have lived in our home for nearly 38 years, and over time things accumulate. Almost nothing in that