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Opinion

The real are you my mother?

Community Voices

In 1956, the movie “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” hit the silver screen. Seed pods from outer space landed on Earth. If a pod were placed near a sleeping person, a visually identical copy of that person would be produced, and only the copy would be left. Each copy had the original ...

On the Porch

Local Columns

The month of May is Minnesota Museums Month. Since its inception in 2012, Minnesota Museums Month has come to be a celebration of our shared communities, histories, and cultures. The annual tradition is a collaboration among museums of all types — history, art, science, zoos, gardens, and ...

Wondering about God’s plan

Community Voices

I wrote this in November 2023. On advice of attorney, I didn’t submit it then. Both drivers were beat up, but we recovered. All the equipment was totaled. We finished combining corn the last week of October. Then it was a rush to do tillage because you never know when winter is coming. ...

What is a good plan?

Community Voices

A simple definition of planning is thinking about what you have to do to accomplish your goal. It involves future thinking. Psychologists have tried to break down this type of thinking from a variety of perspectives. One view is that it is a process of formulating, evaluating, and selecting ...