Opinion
Who’s really to blame for fraud?
Mar 19, 2025
Fact-check. In November 2020, the Minnesota Department of Education (DOE) consulted with the U.S. Department of Agriculture concerning irregularities with payments to Feeding our Futures.
In April 2021, after a three-hour hearing during the pandemic crisis, Ramsey County Judge John Guthmann,...
Altendorf: Minnesota’s growing bureaucracy
Mar 19, 2025
Many people don’t care about politics very much and I certainly understand why. You have two sides saying two completely different things. Leaving people who seek truth, to wonder who to believe?
For this week’s column, I want to discuss the Paid Family Leave Program (PFLP), which I easily receive...
An issue where FDR and Reagan would agree
Mar 12, 2025
I read with interest the thoughtful letter written by Bill McMillin in last week’s paper.
He pointed out how Ronald Reagan must be rolling in his grave over Trump’s capitulation to Putin.
I believe another president who must be spinning in his grave right now is Franklin Rosevelt. If you remember...
Welcome home Vietnam veterans
Mar 12, 2025
The end of the Vietnam War was 50 years ago - in May 1975.
Vietnam won its independence from France in 1954 and shortly after was divided into two countries, communist and democratic. The United States’ involvement began on November 1, 1955, when President Eisenhower deployed our Military Advisory...
What's it all about? Guys will be guys
Mar 12, 2025
Can you distinguish a regular down to earth fella from a wild and crazy guy? They may look similar, but guys have something about them that is different from other males. Maybe it’s a sharper competitive spirit or the occasional enjoyment of living on the edge, you know, the devil- may- care type...
Foreign policy shifting in favor of Putin
Mar 12, 2025
Little Doubt Remains.
Evidence that the current occupant of the White House is shifting America’s foreign policy. From well-established, long-term alliances with countries that have strong democratic institutions toward countries demonstrating autocratic and totalitarian practices. What follows...
Reagan would not approve of current foreign policy
Mar 5, 2025
I think former President Ronald Reagan would be rolling in his grave as he watched President Donald Trump, the leader of the free world, turn against our allies, the United Kingdom, France, Germany and 93 other countries and choose to side with Russia, North Korea, Syria and Nicaragua and vote no...
Tiger Talk: Board members updates, marketing, childcare costs, budgeting season begins
Mar 5, 2025
As February comes to a close, there are so many great happenings at school to highlight. On Feb. 19, Lake City Schools, in partnership with Bluff Country School Bus Service, celebrated School Bus Driver Appreciation Day. Our bus drivers are special, often building strong relationships with...
Seeking to help our schools and our students
Feb 26, 2025
Recently I joined other lawmakers at a meeting of southeastern Minnesota school superintendents. The overall message we heard from them is that they are struggling, and they need help.
Schools are feeling the pinch of more than 65 new mandates that were approved by Gov. Walz and an all Democrat-...
What’s It All About? Growing Older
Feb 26, 2025
I often wish I could have grown old in my hometown among familiar names, faces and places. But I opted for college to be a teacher/coach. That career lasted 14 years, then I got a better offer and took the show on the road as a seminar presenter. In my 60+ years of employment and extensive travels...
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