Editorials
Well, just like the Y2K millennium end-of-the-world scenario and the Mayan calendar doomsday predictions, the world did not end with the same-sex marriage bill passed recently by the Minnesota Legislature.
But it may have ended the world as we know it when it comes to what constitutes a family in this society. The genie is now out of the bottle,...
To the Editor:
On May 9th and May 13th, I sat on my living room couch and watched as the Minnesota House debated HF 1054 and then again as the Senate debated SF 925. These two bills have been dubbed the Freedom to Marry bill, or sometimes also referred to as the gay marriage bill.
I write mainly in response to State Rep. Glenn Gruenhagen’s letter...
On Monday, May 20, the Minnesota Legislature addressed the state’s budget for Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015. The tax plan to pay for it all passed almost exclusively by House and Senate Democrats and includes $2.1 billion in a variety of new taxes.
In total, it spends $38.3 billion, the largest in state history. This is an 8.1 percent increase over...
The 2013 legislative session has been marred by Democrats overreaching at every turn. Democrats want nearly $3 billion in higher taxes and fees to close a mere $627 million dollar deficit, growing government by 10 percent.
They have focused on divisive social issues like gun control and gay marriage, and renewable energy standards that would raise...
To the Editor:
We, too, have to echo the praise of Rich Glennie in his recent column regarding Lee Ostrom. As parents of three sons, who competed for GSL and the Plato Blue Jays over a 10-year period, we spent a lot of time on bleachers.
We, undoubtedly, saw Lee at every event. It didn’t matter if you saw him at an event on a Tuesday and Thursday...
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