To the editor: Re: Feb. 19, use common sense on ‘anchor baby’ issue This is my opinion on the 14th Amendment and additional information I have studied. That opinion, along with what the Supreme Court has ruled, is neither, right nor wrong, until an actual Constitutional Amendment is ...

To the editor: On March 11, every resident of Minnesota’s 1,776 townships has the unique opportunity to participate in Township Day. This annual event is a chance for residents to engage directly with their local government in a way that sets townships apart from other forms of ...

To the editor: Why are we turning our country over (the land of the free and the home of the brave), actually gift wrapping it, and handing it over, to the likes of Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and the other elite top one percenters? It may be too late to ask the question of why it has come to ...

To the editor: I keep seeing Elon Musk and Donald Trump in the news doing their best to dismantle the functions of the federal government by cutting and freezing funding for the services that everyday Americans rely on. These billionaires and the ruling class want a small government not ...

To the editor: In my letter published by The Independent on Wednesday (Feb. 19), I wrote “The Founders who wrote the U.S. Constitution had just liberated the Thirteen Colonies from the arbitrary acts of an unelected king and set up important checks on the chief executive to prevent a ...

To the editor: The US isn’t in debt because working-class people have Social Security and Medicare. It is because billionaires are not paying their fair share. When the MAGA party (growing because of Republican silence) proposes a budget that cuts: $230 billion from SNAP/nutrition programs, ...