Before I get too far into my Great Britain story I have to say... air travel in 2022 is not easy, even within the United States. A few days past Easter, I traveled by car to Missouri to visit my … more

“Creating quite a bit of conflict without stating all the facts.” That was the Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board’s take, issued in an official report last summer, on the … more

Minnesota currently has a $9.25 billion budget surplus, a low state unemployment rate, and increasing corporate profits, all indicators the state has recovered strongly from some very challenging … more

Empathy: the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. Will Minnesotans really elect a governor who doesn’t tell us the truth?That’s a legitimate question after the … more

I am sending in this column from the Deep South, a region I have never visited before. I hadn’t seen my brother and his wife for six years, and his health has been poor, so we both felt it … more

It’s worth remembering on this April 22, otherwise known as Earth Day, just how far the United States has come in terms of its environmental progress. When the first Earth Day was celebrated … more