• Infernal Affair

    After the filming of Cleopatra, the notorious flop epic that cemented the union of the actors Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, the Vatican was driven to make a public condemnation of the two, declaring, "You will finish in an erotic vagrancy, without end or without a safe port." Whether or not this clerical opprobrium lost something in translation, it captured something of the enduring appeal of the 20th century's most notorious star-crossed lovers, whose tempestuous marriages—both to each...

  • [OPINION] Taking up our cross

    The cross is a symbol of love and sacrifice for Christians

  • Reader Opinion: Jobs

    So many places of business are hurting because of COVID restrictions, there needs to be a turn around of the so-called government we have in this state.

  • Reader Opinion: Faith is not ‘Incoherent’

    The Constitution says “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”

  • Reader Opinion: Minnesota busy

    U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan is our Minnesota-grown world trouble-shooter at the middle of a molten-center of global security issues.

  • Reader Opinion: What does Easter mean to you?

    Jesus rose that Easter morning and when He is in our hearts, new hope is born.

  • Opinion: How should we deal with COVID now?

    This month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new COVID guidelines ending the five-day isolation recommendation. The agency now advises staying home only if you have symptoms, such as fever. Otherwise, you can return “to normal activities” if, for at least 24 hours, your symptoms are improving overall and any fever has gone away without the use of fever-reducing medication. The official announcement follows unconfirmed reports in February of this change. As is often the...

  • Opinion: The Conversation About Berhalter is Exhausting

    On Wednesday, the United States Men’s National Team played horribly against Jamaica in the semifinals of the CONCACAF Nations League. Despite the Jamaican team being in horrible turmoil, with numerous of their biggest players out of the team, particularly star Leon Bailey, the US started dismally and let in a poor goal in the 1st minute. They proceeded to spend the entire rest of regulation time struggling to find an equalizer. The team saved their blushes when Jamaica gave up an own goal off a...

  • Opinion: Why are more Americans dying alone?

    Lena Brown’s lonely ending forewarns a future of death in America. She’d built a middle-class life in Hawthorne as a widow with no children. Her niece and nephew moved her to a nursing home when she was 93. They soon stopped visiting. Six years later, Brown died. Calls and letters from local officials to her relatives went unanswered. L.A. County cremated Brown and buried her ashes in a mass grave alongside those of nearly 1,500 other Angelenos, marked only by a small stone engraved with the...

  • Reader Opinion: Nonprofits should be commended

    I expect our legislators and the Chamber director to navigate a pluralistic and diverse society, even when speaking to the Brainerd Chamber.

  • Reader Opinion: Partisan politics?

    When John Ward counsels others to compromise and appreciate differences, his own track record clearly and publicly speaks differently.

  • From The Confessional: 'I Had An Emotional Affair'

    Here’s what’s on readers’ minds this week.