Columnists
Guest view: House bill is fair, effective health care reform
Americans agree the health insurance system in our country is broken.
Nov 21, 2009 | 12:15 am | Loading…
Jim Galewski: Our best deal could end up collateral damage
The Winona County Board voted to build a $6 million building behind the existing Winona County Annex. The new building will consolidate some departments but won't simplify county business for taxpayers.
Nov 20, 2009 | 12:20 am | Loading…
Leonard Pitts: It's tough, some days, to struggle with life's grays
It's tough, some days, to struggle with life's grays
Nov 20, 2009 | 12:15 am | Loading…
Ellen Goodman: A false choice ... women's health or reform
BOSTON - It was one of those small shocks that come unexpectedly in the wake of a death. Just days after the country had buried Ted Kennedy, Cardinal Sean O'Malley took to his blog to defend himself from critics attacking him for presiding over the funeral of a pro-choice senator.
Nov 19, 2009 | 12:20 am | Loading…
Guest view: Rationale for agreement between Winona, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
At the Sept. 9, meeting we were unanimous in recommending the proposed partnership between the city of Winona and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Nov 19, 2009 | 12:15 am | Loading…
Lori Sellner: Thanks, Tim Walz, for your vote
U.S. Rep. Tim Walz cast a vote in favor of the Affordable Health Care for America Act.
Nov 18, 2009 | 12:25 am | Loading…
Kathleen Parker: Someone who does support forced abortion
WASHINGTON - One of the few incontrovertible assertions one can reasonably make is that no one supports forced abortion.
Nov 18, 2009 | 12:20 am | Loading…
Jerome Christenson: Apocalypse? Not now
Well, it looks like there’s one more movie I won’t be going to see.
Nov 18, 2009 | 12:15 am | Loading…
Darrell Ehrlick: Glass is half full in the case of Fastenal
About a month ago, we reported that our own hometown Fastenal's earnings fell
Nov 17, 2009 | 12:20 am | Loading…
George Will: The hubris of Washington monetarists
WASHINGTON — One of the many television commercials exhorting viewers to buy gold says solemnly that it is an asset whose value “has never dropped to zero,” a boast that surely sets a record for minimalism.
Nov 17, 2009 | 12:15 am | Loading…
Kathleen Parker: Fightin' words ... the passion of Henry Allen
WASHINGTON - The so-called "newsroom brawl" between an editor and a writer at The Washington Post recently has been a fine distraction for the health-care-weary.
Nov 16, 2009 | 12:20 am | Loading…
Steve Schild: Along with trajedy is hard truth of war
Besides the horror of the shootings themselves and the agony they caused for the shattered families, two things stand out for me about the incident at Fort Hood.
Nov 16, 2009 | 12:15 am | Loading…
One constant in 40 years of change
Things change a lot in 40 years — the price of a gallon of milk, hairstyles, music — sometimes for the better, and sometimes not. But one thing that hasn’t changed in 40 years is “Sesame Street,” which celebrated its anniversary on the air last week.
Nov 16, 2009 | 12:15 am | Loading…
Darrell Ehrlick: An open letter to a pair of letter writers
Dear Joe Losinski and John Rupkey: Most of the time letters go to the editor, not from them.
Nov 15, 2009 | 12:20 am | Loading…
Michael Smerconish: Here's a hard truth for the hard right
Who is Dede Scozzafava? If you believe Rush Limbaugh, she's a "liberal woman." Columnist Michelle Malkin called her a "radical leftist." There's "nothing Republican" about her, according to the New York Post editorial board.
Nov 15, 2009 | 12:15 am | Loading…
Ellen Goodman: What option is there for Afghani women?
BOSTON - It's been 11 years since I looked through a photo album smuggled out of Afghanistan by a brave young woman. "This is a doctor," she said, pointing to one picture.
Nov 14, 2009 | 12:20 am | Loading…
Michael Murphy: How 1,990 pages will smother America
Ever notice when congressional representatives state their case for helping America, they form a gang?
Nov 14, 2009 | 12:15 am | Loading…
Jim Galewski: County needs the reserves it spent
The Winona County Board spent money it needed when it voted to build a $6 million-plus addition to its campus.
Nov 13, 2009 | 12:20 am | Loading…
Leonard Pitts: Salute Muslim-Americans who stand up for America
This outburst of vituperation from message boards and bloggers is, of course, traceable to Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the Army psychiatrist and American Muslim accused of shooting 13 people dead and wounding 29 others in a rampage last week at Fort Hood, Texas.
Nov 13, 2009 | 12:15 am | Loading…
Tony Sutton: Health care bill enough reason to dump Walz
Health care bill enough reason to dump Walz
Nov 12, 2009 | 12:20 am | Loading…
