I first got interested in earnest in presidential politics as a member of my high school debate team in my junior year. The debate topic that year was “Resolved: That the United States should …

Lake County officials should do themselves and the taxpayers they are supposed to represent a favor: Call a special meeting of the county’s planning commission and rescind their Sept. 4 …

“We’re not going back!” Stories we tell ourselves shape our learning, believing, thinking, and doing and so shall we become. Stories of gender inequality, white supremacy and class …

During intense political campaigns such as we have now, rhetoric often echoes with accusations of a candidate being “socialist” or even “communist.” If they are in …

Democracy is based on the concept that the people have the right to determine by their vote who will be their leader. The U.S. Constitution’s requirements to be President are that the person be …

In the recent debate Senator Vance repetitiously stated that Vice President Kamala Harris has been in office for 3.5 years and has had plenty of time to do all that she is proposing. …

Republican Pete Stauber has been the congressman for Grand Rapids and Iron Range cities for the past six years.  His performance in office has been so dismal that the patently conservative, …

We need to be paying close attention to what Israel is doing to the Palestinians. Israel has killed over 41,000 people in Palestine, mostly women and children. Israel has bombed homes, hospitals, …

One of the many false narratives used by Donald Trump throughout his campaign for the White House is the notion that the fentanyl crisis is being fed by immigrants seeking a better future in America. …

Remarkably cordial. That was the most common take on last week’s vice-presidential debate between Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Ohio Sen. JD Vance. The debate was remarkable only in the contrast …

Recently, an acquaintance commented on the striking differences between the Republican and DFL (Democratic-Farmer-Labor) platforms for Minnesota. Although I’m familiar with the Democratic …

Jen Schultz spent twenty years teaching economics at UMD in Duluth. Our livelihoods depend upon economics, the price of homes we buy or the new car we drive are by ‘supply and demand’ …

Ready to carry the optimistic energy from the Democratic Convention into Minnesota’s Eighth District contest between Jen Schultz and Pete Stauber? Ready for an end to the dark and divisive …

Some - pro abortion Some - pro choice God - pro life You - choose Marilyn Mueller Greenwood Township

We are living in a democracy that believes in free speech. We are a nation of mixed religions and mixed nationalities. We believe in life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for all. Everyone is …

One of the most under-reported stories of 2024 is clearly the incredible economic progress that the United States has made in the past two years, one that has left Americans objectively better off …

Can the residents of Lake County rely on their own planning staff to ensure that major development meets the standards laid down by ordinance? That’s an open question in the wake of the …

As much as our radical friends, neighbors, and fellow Americans might like the idea of having Mr. Trump be the boss of everyone, it’s long past time to remember why democracy is usually the …

In 2016, when Donald Trump was holding campaign events in front of record crowds, a TV reporter was interviewing three women who had waited overnight to get good seats to the event. They did not know …

What is the most important issue that voters should consider when voting?     It is not immigrants, not abortion, not inflation, and not wars (which historically have always …

I live in Roseville and yet am a faithful reader of the great community newspaper, the Timberjay. I am writing out of concern for the passage of the MN Great Outdoors Amendment which will be on the …

We are writing to highlight a vital yet often overlooked aspect of our community’s growth: the significant economic benefits derived from Ely’s investment in arts and culture.  Ely, …