Donald Trump has proven once again who he really represents, and it sure isn’t the average family in America. Just last week, as the national average gas price was inching closer to $5 a gallon, …

Nobody in St. Paul is trying to destroy Iron Range schools. That’s worth saying up front, because what’s happening to our schools can look like malice. It isn’t. The people writing education …

During the 2024 campaign, Donald Trump made a straightforward pitch to working-class men: elect me, and the jobs will come roaring back. The mines would reopen. The factories would hum. The oil rigs …

Some of us may not be aware that we have entered another election season. This happens every two years. It’s the time when members of the U.S. House of Representatives come up for reelection, as do …

Politicians in northern Minnesota, from both parties, have always declared they are “pro-mining.” During that same time, we have lost tens of thousands of mining jobs to competitive markets …

I am not, nor have I ever been, a member of the Catholic Church. Yet, I have to admit Pope Leo XIV almost makes me want to join up. I do remember a lot of the Bible, though having been raised …

Bloomberg and The Washington Post both reported that military mines deployed in the Persian Gulf could take up to six months to clear. If so, the world’s oil availability will be reduced …

In a recent article, the Timberjay reported on the most recent forest certification audit done by Bureau Veritas, the agency hired to assess whether MN DNR met the Forest Stewardship Council’s …

“Congress should follow the law.” That statement by U.S. Sen. Tina Smith following the 50-49 Senate vote last week that purportedly overturned a 20-year sulfide mining ban on about 225,000 acres …

When we hear the word “agent,” most of us picture a person. A real estate agent shows houses. An insurance agent helps you choose a policy. A Hollywood agent lines up jobs for actors. In each …

If you’ve opened your property tax statement recently, you’ve probably had the same reaction I’ve been hearing across northern Minnesota: How did it get this high? For many families, it’s not …

On Saturday, April 11, over 50 people gathered at the Minnesota North College Vermilion campus theatre to view the documentary “Bad Faith: Christian Nationalism’s War on Democracy” (released in …

There is too much crooked stuff going on here. It’s not just Trump, either. You’ve heard of Project 2025, right? I haven’t read the whole thing, though it’s about time I think. I was recently …

According to the New York Times, the Iranian Red Crescent Society, that country’s primary relief organization, said on April 2, that at least 703 schools and 316 health care facilities have been …

This is in response to my fellow Soudan resident who apparently thinks we’re too panicky regarding the impending demise of our democracy (“America’s democratic decline can’t be pinned on one …

WE THE PEOPLE calls us to form a new political movement, unbeholden to the Epstein billionaire class. Liberated from corporate domination, people serve their economic interests with freedom to …

Minnesota deer hunters pay a hidden fifty-cent “wolf tax” on every license and antlerless permit. Minnesota Statutes § 97A.075, subdivision 1(c) is crystal clear: those dollars—roughly …

There’s a particular kind of paralysis that sets in when a government institution has been burned badly enough. It stops moving. It stops deciding. It layers review upon review, audit upon audit, …

When I wrote my last column a month ago, I was scrambling to get things done before heading to the University of Minnesota Hospital/Fairview for an operation only performed in two hospitals in …

As if the future of local news wasn’t in enough doubt in recent years, the dawn of artificial intelligence appears poised to crush the life out of it altogether. While larger news organizations are …

There’s an old saying from a video game franchise that went on to become something of a cultural meme: “War. War never changes.” It’s a good line, but as we’ve witnessed repeatedly over the …

The United States defeated Hitler and his fascist Nazis in the Second World War. Actually, it was more the Soviet Union that did the defeating and saved probably tens of thousands of U.S. soldiers’ …

Someone recently facetiously stated that “War is God’s way of  teaching Americans geography.” Indeed, many of us are now getting educated on the Strait of Hormuz, Iran, and also on some …

In the debate over birthright citizenship, I’ve not seen anyone dealing with this issue:  Where was the proposed citizen conceived? Given the mandated forced births and the whole wonderful …

I’ve been trying for months, years, to understand why anyone raised in our America would support Donald Trump and his disgusting policies and obvious lies. One explanation I heard some time ago was …