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Biden needs to be briefed

American presidents need to hit the ground running, especially when it comes to national security. We have too many enemies in the world to let our guard down for even a few hours. President Donald Trump continues to challenge results of the Nov. 3 election through court challenges. That is both his right and entirely understandable. It does not appear that the president’s attorneys will be able to prevail to the extent needed to mount a successful challenge to the election. Unless something entirely unforeseen by anyone occurs, Joe Biden will become president on Jan. 20. Trump ...

COVID-19 is not just going away

For yet another month, Gov. Tim Walz is calling a special session of the Minnesota Legislature to extend his peacetime emergency powers to help deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. On Tuesday, Walz imposed new limits on bars, restaurants, gatherings Minnesota is struggling with a record surge of cases and deaths, and the doubling of the seven-day rolling average of the positivity The state’s surge in positive COVID-19 cases has certainly been reflected in Lyon County. Since Nov. 1, the county has recorded 278 new cases, As of Tuesday, we had 1,320 total cases since the pandemic ...

Make the case

President Donald Trump promised his legal team will be taking their election fraud case to the courts. “Beginning Monday, our campaign will start prosecuting our case in court to ensure election laws are fully upheld and the rightful winner is seated. The American People are entitled to an honest election: that means counting all legal ballots, and not counting any illegal ballots. This is the only way to ensure the public has full confidence in our election.” They certainly should. It will be interesting to see what hard evidence the president’s legal team will produce in ...

Time to move forward, not spread baseless claims

The year was 2008. Sen. John McCain had just suffered his most agonizing political defeat in his second, and what he knew would be final attempt at the presidency. As he spoke to supporters and the nation during his concession speech, he was first quick to recognize the historic achievement of Barack Obama’s presidency. “In a contest as long and difficult as this campaign has been, his success alone commands my respect for his ability and perseverance,” McCain stated very early in the speech. “But that he managed to do so by inspiring the hopes of so many millions of ...

Short Takes

Record election turnout a big win THUMBS UP: No matter who is victorious in the U.S. presidential race, there is another big winner — U.S. democracy. The record turnout in Lyon County, southwest Minnesota, the state and across the nation is a positive development. That record amount of voter participation might have been sparked by the president’s huge popularity among one half of the nation and the disdain for him by the other half. However, that phenomenon appears to have motivated many people who failed to vote regularly in the past to look at the ballot that had more than the ...

Census questions

Census Bureau officials’ claim the agency was able to collect information from 99.9% of the households in America strains credibility. It would during normal times, not to mention the middle of a deadly epidemic. If officials in several states, cities and organizations are right, the bureau simply isn’t telling the truth. In fact, some officials within it made up reports on households. A lawsuit has been filed against the bureau by the National Urban League, the states of Massachusetts, North Carolina and Texas, and assorted others with interests in the population count. ...