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Letters to the Editor

No penalty for gravel haulers

To the editor: Thomas Paine argued the government of our nation should have two purposes: protecting private property, and securing the free market. Apparently, Minnesotans never did get that colonial memo. Any government allowing private gravel carriers to damage other vehicles by failing to ...

Headless Hydra politics

To the editor: The hydra is a tiny animal that does not appear to die. Cut it in pieces! Each part regenerates. In legend, Hercules fought a many headed monster hydra. As he cut off each head, two more emerged. Finally, Hercules cut off heads as his nephew burned the Hydra’s stumps to kill ...

9-1-1 situation in Washington, D.C.

To the editor: We have to stop our president. He is on the brink of throwing us into World War 3, and it's just a bit of fun to him. He started an illegal war. The population isn't willing. The world hates us. It would be a disaster. Contact our representatives, and demand he be stopped ...

It takes a village

The motto, "It takes a village to raise a child" holds true in all cases. The Marshall Tiger girls (basketball team) took the third place state title on Saturday, March 14. When those girls made their way onto the court, you could see it in their eyes; they were going to take this win. I knew ...

All the money can’t replace resources

It is very disheartening to see the future, in the form of Braxton Seifert, arguing for cheaper energy prices at the expense of clean air and potable water and good soil. Money will not replace the Earth's resources. It is only right that big corporations should be held responsible for damage ...

Evidence for a young earth

The 3-6-2026 ‘Triceratops skeleton…’ stated the price of a set of dinosaur bones can now bring up to $44 million, mainly due to a new shift toward objects that have “cultural resonance.” Also states the bones are 66 million years old; but are they? Recent discoveries of soft ...