editorials

The loud screaming to repeal the Affordable Care Act is drowning out an important question: What would the fallout be? Would we be better off without ACA? A new report says no. Through ACA, hundreds of thousands of Minnesotans have gained coverage and millions more have had their...

Over the past week, Detroit Lakes and other area fire departments have been called out numerous times to help with things like vehicles going into lakes and rivers, house fires, a large business fire in Perham...the list is lengthy. These people are woken out of their warm beds in...

There's a reason why Republicans soon will control not only the presidency, but also the Senate, the House, 33 governorships and both chambers in 32 states. The reason can be found in the Dakota Access Pipeline case. With its elevation of identity politics above all else, its twisting...

Here's something to add to your Christmas to-do list: Shop local. Sadly, "shop local" has become such a ubiquitous phrase, it may have lost its punch. People hear it but don't really take the time to think about why they should invest their holiday shopping dollars into the community...

It's been a while now since we put a man on the moon, and as if that hasn't been cool enough for humans to brag about for decades now, we have only become more sophisticated and brilliant in our technology since then. So with all of our country's wealth and intelligence, why is it...

Minnesotans rank second overall out of the 50 states when it comes to charitable behavior, according to WalletHub.com. North Dakota came in third. Utah was No. 1. Arizona came in last. Minnesota ranked third in charitable giving and fifth in volunteer and service work. America in...

History has been kind to President Gerald Ford's pardon of President Richard Nixon, which happened only a month after Nixon resigned from the presidency. That was not true at the time—1974. Nor was it true two years later, when the the pardon played a big role in Ford's losing...

If one were to listen to the barrage of phone calls and emails this newspaper has received over the last week, it would be appear as if we are in cahoots with the Democratic Party and are just finally being outed by the angry, betrayed public who at last has caught onto our political...

Since Tuesday's election, it appears people are losing their minds. Anti-Trump protesters are rioting in the streets in a way never seen before following a presidential election; there are reports of white children and teenagers tormenting minorities with racial slurs in schools in...

I have a few simple questions for Commander William M. Blasczyk USN (Ret.) regarding his screed (Hillary Clinton unfit to lead) published Nov. 2 in the DL Tribune. Citing his Olympian status as a "Naval Officer" with a gosh gee whiz Top Secret clearance and classification authority,...

Let's not mince words: Minnesota's 2016 legislative session was, by and large, a massive failure. Political posturing led to the demise of the transportation bill and bonding bill, while a typo that would have cost the state $100 million compelled Gov. Dayton to veto an otherwise...

We are impressed by many of the qualities of Hillary Clinton, the Democratic Party's nominee for president, even as we are exasperated by others, but we are mainly concerned with the Republican Party's nominee, Donald J. Trump, who might be the most ostentatiously unqualified major-party...

Multiple surveys across the nation in recent years indicate that citizen support for totally unrestricted access to unlimited abortion rights is very limited and far from being a noteworthy percentage of survey respondents. Yet, the Democratic Party presidential candidate continues...

We have to be able to disagree in this country without tearing into and trying to destroy the opposition. The politics of demonization that characterizes this election will make it very hard for whoever wins office to govern well. This campaign year has been full of twists and turns....