• Reader Opinion: Hats off

    With respect, "Hats off!" to the April 10 opinion writer for his honest and well-written, "Don't fool me twice."

  • Reader Opinion: Electric lies

    Please, contact the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission. Demand that they refuse this rate adjustment from Xcel on the grounds that it’s both false and dishonest.

  • Reader Opinion: Fact checking Wesenberg

    If he is talking about the Omnibus Education Bill he obviously has not read it thoroughly or prefers to distort it for political gain.

  • Reader Opinion: In defense of working people

    Fairness actually means coming to an agreement that is fair for all.

  • Reader letter: Motorists need to stop speeding

    I strongly believe that everybody should stop speeding. You can be badly injured or die. You can get arrested or fined. Your insurance premiums could go higher. Lastly, it can become a bad habit. Speeding is a major factor in traffic deaths. I know someone who almost died because someone was speeding and ran a […]

  • Reader Opinion: Air Force Singing Sergeants

    Their voices were uplifting, they were inspiring, and with their voices and instruments they instilled those who attended with pride in their country.

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    Opinion: Biden needs to get real with Ukraine and Israel

    Opinion by Mark Hannah (CNN) — The $95 billion military aid package President Joe Biden signed Wednesday was a feat of tough-minded negotiation to get funding to Ukraine and Israel after months of congressional horse-trading. But if the aid inflates those countries’ war aims, it could discourage the kind of tough-minded negotiation that is the only way

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    Opinion: Biden needs to get real with Ukraine and Israel

    CNN Opinion by Mark Hannah (CNN) — The $95 billion military aid package President Joe Biden signed Wednesday was a feat of tough-minded negotiation to get funding to Ukraine and Israel after months of congressional horse-trading. But if the aid inflates those countries’ war aims, it could discourage the kind of tough-minded negotiation that is the only

  • Opinion: NYU needs better mental health services

    Growing up under the taxing burden of mental illness, my emotional health was my No. 1 priority in my first year at NYU. Weary of my newfound independence, I sought out university-based resources that I hoped would appeal to my concerns as a young adult and student. Eager to make use of the university’s self-proclaimed This story Opinion: NYU needs better mental health services appeared first on Washington Square News.

  • Opinion: You don't need to own an iPhone for the government lawsuit against Apple to benefit you

    Last month, the Department of Justice filed its long-awaited antitrust suit against Apple, accusing the company of monopolizing the smartphone market. This makes Apple the last of the U.S.-based tech giants to face a major monopolization lawsuit from a federal agency. (Google also faces one from the Justice Department; Facebook and Amazon have been sued by the Federal Trade Commission.) These suits make claims under Section 2 of the Sherman Act, an 1890 statute that makes it unlawful to obtain...

  • Reader letter: When it comes to 'criminals' we need to show mercy

    In a recent Windsor Star news story, reporter Trevor Wilhelm, covering the opening of a coroner’s inquest into the death of Chad Romanick, quoted the widow speaking of the “gentle, patient, thoughtful” man who developed a drug addiction and was depressed and suicidal. Romanick was accused of attempted murder and killed himself when police showed […]

  • Opinion: California law requires police to fix these bad policies. So why haven't they?

    Dozens of people across California have been wrongly convicted of crimes largely because of law enforcement officers’ flawed handling of eyewitness evidence. Courts have found instances of eyewitnesses feeling pressured to make an identification from a lineup even when the true culprit wasn’t present; making shaky identifications that were ultimately presented at trial as smoking-gun evidence; and choosing from lineups of photos in which some bore no resemblance to their description of the...