Opinion

As I reflect on my 41 years in education, I am reminded of how crucial it is for all young people to have the supports and resources they need to be successful in school and life.

Our recently vaccinated family hit the highways and waterways in a major way this last month. Thanks to public investment, we have highways and interstates that cross the entire country, and I can zip off to visit family in Wyoming or Michigan relatively easily.

During the 2020 election, due to COVID, it would have been dangerous to show up at a polling place in person, so many states set up convenient alternative ways for their citizens to vote. As a result, we actually had a greater percentage of citizens voting than ever before.

Basic human freedoms are under attack. If you need proof, look no further than the Philippines.

Basic human freedoms are under attack. If you need proof, look no further than the Philippines.

Lenin stated a few revolutionaries with "useful idiots" can overthrow governments. Dave Wester’s despicable name calling of Dave Gorak proves he lacks the grounding and truth in the debate. Like the Senator from Hawaii this week, when losing the argument, start the name calling like an adolescent 6-year-old.

In his opening remarks to the security panel at the April 22 Leaders Summit on Climate, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin stated: “Today, no nation can find lasting security without addressing the climate crisis. ...

Sen. Howard Marklein and his Republican cronies on the Joint Finance Committee want us to believe they are really helping ALL of us to do better financially. Marklein sent an email touting how wonderful the biennial budget is for us.

I was sitting on over a billion years of history and it was still warm. The beaches of Minnesota's North Shore are composed of rocks of all sizes and shapes and colors. Almost all of them were born 1.1 billion years ago when a series of volcanic eruptions poured lava from a rift in the earth's plates.