Of all the months of the year, November most closely resembles a hangover. This is not just because it follows the twin bacchanals of Oktoberfest and Halloween. It’s also due to the fact that here in the Northland average high temperatures are plummeting and days are growing shorter at a ...
We can’t deny it anymore. It’s getting darker. It’s darker earlier and longer. This weekend, with the time change, the darkening goes into hyper drive. It is Global Darkening. (I know. It’s half the globe. Work with me here.) There are Global Darkening deniers. They say it is scheme of left-wing woke socialists who want us to turn our lights on. I say the evidence is irrefutable. Look out the window, you darkening deniers. I guess this has happened before. That is little consolation. This plague of dimness seems oppressive even if it did happen a year ago and the year ...
In the campaign for State Senate, I’ve been very impressed with Braxton Seifert. Votes are earned. Braxton Seifert has been working hard, accessible at dozens of parades, going door to door and many community events. That’s a huge contrast to his opponent. He’s pledged to have open town hall meetings, listening to everyone, regardless of party. That’s the type of leader we need. Being a loan officer at a bank, starting two businesses and being deeply involved in our community for his whole life testifies to the high quality person he is and I’m proud to vote for him. I ...
In Tragedy & Hope (1966) author Carroll Quigley wrote, “The argument that the two parties should represent opposed ideals and policies, one, perhaps, of the Right and the other of the Left, is a foolish idea acceptable only to doctrinaire and academic thinkers. Instead, the two parties should be almost identical, so that the American people can ‘throw the rascals out’ at any election without leading to any profound or extensive shifts in policy.” When visiting my 95-year-old father shortly after the 2000 General Election, he mentioned that he had cast a ballot for Ralph Nader. ...
My voting process was simpler in Election 2026 than in the past, thanks to services provided for absentee ballots. I filled out the application on Monday, and voted on Thursday at Boulder Estates when election officials came to assist us. It saves me a trip to the polls on Election Day. It wouldn’t have been the end of the world if I’d have had to vote in person. I’m able bodied and still drive my car. It was just more convenient to vote early. It’s much more than a convenience for many of my neighbors. Some of them have physical health issues that would make it very ...
Last January the Independent reported on the Marshall City Council voting to approve a lease agreement with Marshall Area Fine Arts Council for the use of vacant office space on the second floor of City Hall. The agreement also allowed for MAFAC to use the common area outside the office for ...
