Opinion

Recently it was Spring Break so the family packed bags, booked lodging, hopped on plane, and got out of Dodge.

Sometimes you don’t know who you are and what you stand for until you are forced to fight for it.

Where I come from a man’s ball cap is his calling card.

I recently went on a Writers’ Retreat.

The sterile waiting room held a room of ten veterans waiting patiently to be called to their doctor appointments.

Despite the “no running in the hall” policy at our high school, when I dropped Algebra I in ninth grade, I may have skipped down the hall to our high school counselor’s office to change classes.

Friends and neighbors:Our state flag and seal have represented the people of Minnesota for generations, but in just one session, members of the majority party decided to get rid of our current state flag and seal.The new state flag and seal came about through a provision in last year’s State Government Finance budget bill, which created the State Emblems Redesign Commission.

Let me be clear.

When you read or listen to the news, do you ever get the feeling that we should all just don capes and decoder rings and hit the streets defending our communities from injustice, inequity, and all that ails humanity?