The movie Oppenheimer played recently at the Marshall 6 movie theater, and I managed to catch the show on its final night. I’m glad I made it. It had an interesting historical chronicle that started in the 1930s and proceeded to 1953, when Oppenheimer was denied restoration of his security ...

September is National Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month; suicide is often taboo and stigmatized. This month spreads awareness and attempts to shift the public’s perception and share information with people affected by suicide. Suicide consistently ranks in the top ten causes of death ...

Time has not been kind to the old girl. New wrinkles and sags have appeared; last year’s derecho seems to have been especially tough on her. I’m not talking about my wife. What I’m describing is our venerable 1949 John Deere “A” tractor. My dear spouse has weathered things much ...

Well an anti-cop politician has gotten a taste of life on the not-so-nice side of town. Shivanthi Sathanandan, the second vice chairwoman of the Minnesota Democratic Farmer-Labor Party, was the victim of an attempted carjacking outside her home in front of her terrified children aged four and ...

One of the most quiet times of the year in Marshall occurs on the weekend of Labor Day. Everyone is at the lake or out at a campground. Everyone who’s not is in Tracy for Box Car Days. With last weekend’s heat wave, the very few who had nothing else to do were sheltering indoors with air ...

The cost of prescription drugs has been too high for too long, and it’s hurt Americans’ health and bank accounts. Medicines don’t work if people can’t afford them. For far too many people, high drug prices can force difficult choices like whether to ration meds or food or not pay the ...