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To the editor: “See something. Say something.” We are encouraged to do so when a crime has been committed and the perpetrator’s whereabouts are unknown. What can be done if words of violence toward others are heard or if the person speaking is suicidal? The school shooting in Minneapolis, and other school shootings often involve the shooter sharing his plans with others beforehand. While a person cannot be arrested before a crime is committed, if you “Hear violent plans. Report violent plans.” A police officer does have the authority to have a mentally disturbed ...

Making America backwards again

To the editor: In the last 85 years the United States has encouraged science education and has attracted the best minds in the world, allowing Americans to harness nuclear energy, go to the moon, invent the internet, develop the polio and other vaccines, and produce many more breakthroughs. Americans have received about 40% of the Nobel prizes. Immigrants to America have played a large part in our success. We have benefited from a brain gain by attracting the best and brightest from around the world who came to America for a better life. Nuclear energy would not have been developed ...

Trump stirring the pot

To the editor: (President Trump) is again stirring the proverbial pot to deflect from his lack of transparency about anything he’s done for the past thirty years. This time, he has apparently given the OK to an inept Robert Kennedy to pull back the funding for vaccine research. All while there comes an unending stream of television commercials apparently nationwide, to encourage parents to get their children vaccinated before beginning any sort of pre-school or kindergarten in order to avoid ever spreading cases of measles and other diseases which were thought to be eradicated. ...

Convicted felon Trump is no war hero

To the editor: Breaking news: Trump has declared himself a war hero. The guy that received six deferments, one of which was for bone spurs to get out of the draft. The war hero is sending in the national guard to the District of Columbia because of all the crime, but he didn’t do a thing on Jan. 6, what he did was watch on TV while 1,600 violent criminals attacked the capital and put 200 capital police in the hospital. Then after all that war hero stuff, he pardoned those criminals, no wonder there is a lot of crime. We have 1,600 more violent criminals on the street. Washington ...

Take responsibility, vote

To the editor: We are about 15 months away from, hopefully, a monumental change in the citizens representation in St Paul. Rational and “legal” citizens must take their duty responsibly, as they go to the polls to cast their vote. There are opportunities other than voting, however, to have your voice heard. Participate in your local BPOU’s (Basic Political Organizational Unit), attend and participate in your local caucus, county, district and state conventions. If you commit yourself to vote because of your party affiliation, you should, at least, know the basic principles of ...

No need to meet bold carbon free goals

To the editor: This is in response to the 8-8-2025 ‘Nuclear power: Facts and myths.’ Under the notation, ‘Small Footprint, Big Results.’ I learned that one nuclear plant on 103 acres of land can put out as much power as a wind installation that would require 17,800 acres or, a solar installation that needs 3,200 acres. Another advantage (not mentioned) is being able to locate closer to large centers of use like the metro area. This would cut down on the cost of transmission lines going clear across the state; in addition to reducing the number of irritated landowners who ...