Opinion

Are we there yet?

Published on Wed, 12/29/2021 - 8:40am
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Democrat’s 2022 choice: Govern or lose

Published on Wed, 12/29/2021 - 12:00am

WASHINGTON — In this traditional moment of year-end reflection, Democrats of every stripe have a lot of thinking to do and a big decision to make. They can begin the new year by delivering progress for working families, the environment and democracy itself, or they can watch their party implode.

2021 do-over

Published on Tue, 12/28/2021 - 8:35am
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The true meaning of the First Amendment

Published on Tue, 12/28/2021 - 12:00am
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This is the time of year for talk about the true meaning of Christmas. This year, it seems, we need to talk a bit about the true meaning of the First Amendment as well.

The Biden economy

Published on Tue, 12/28/2021 - 12:00am
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If Joe Biden takes office, there’ll be a “depression the likes of which you’ve never seen,” Donald Trump warned a month before he lost the 2020 presidential election. It didn’t happen.

Pink lines/blue lines

Published on Mon, 12/27/2021 - 12:00am
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If you’ve ever done a home pregnancy test, you know what it’s like to look for a line that’s not there.

Rein in police lawlessness

Published on Thu, 12/23/2021 - 12:00am
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WASHINGTON — When Hamdi Mohamud was a child, she was whisked away from Somalia’s violence and corruption to Minnesota. There, however, she endured prolonged incarceration because of corrupt behavior by Heather Weyker, a St. Paul police officer who had been deputized by a federal task force.

Let’s return to a two wolf quota along the Park’s northern border

Published on Wed, 12/22/2021 - 12:00am
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Due to new state legislation, Montana’s FWP Commissioners implemented new wolf harvest regulations in 2021. Although not required by the legislation, enough (not all) FWP commissioners additionally voted to remove limited quotas north of Yellowstone National Park. Previously, the state allowed only two wolves to be harvested in WMUs (wolf management units) 313 and 316 along the northern border of Yellowstone.

Government derives its just powers from the consent of the governed

Published on Wed, 12/22/2021 - 12:00am

Editor:

The death cult

Published on Tue, 12/21/2021 - 12:00am

WASHINGTON — Sarah Palin, rocket scientist, offered her thoughts on the coronavirus vaccine at a far-right conference in Arizona over the weekend.