letters

I am 43, a registered nurse and mother of three kids ages 24, 21 and 14. Both my 24- and 21-year-old unfortunately smoke cigarettes. They started in high school. I have talked repeatedly to them about the harmful effects of smoking. They say now that they are hooked, it is just too...

The recent bloodbath in Virginia exposed the battle lines being drawn in the country and particularly in the ranks of the Republicans. Several principals in that party had a critical reaction concerning Trump's original remarks. The lack of any condemnation of the KKK and White Supremacists...

I had to write because I was pretty upset after reading a local vape-shop owner wrap in her self-serving argument against raising the tobacco age to 21 in a patriotic veneer. (Letter to the editor from Jen Hoban, June 4) I am a veteran. I served during the Vietnam war back when we...

I am reaching out to you today on behalf of the millions of patients with celiac disease, non-celiac wheat-gluten sensitivity, and other autoimmune diseases. I am deeply concerned about the possible removal of key protections in current law that guarantee access to comprehensive and...

There comes a time in many of our lives when choices are more important than money. Some people choose a specific career because they believe they can make a difference. Teachers, doctors, lawyers, and group home staff are all examples of careers that can make a difference. People...

After reading the article on the huge hate group in DL of 25 Trump protesters (The purveyors of truth) I felt sad that they didn't have anyone to spend Memorial Day with. They are talking about truth. Have they been in a coma for the last eight years? They want to protect the people....

In last Sunday's edition (June 4) you printed a "letter to the editor" from Jen Hoban who was not honest about her self-interest as the owner of Masterpiece Vapors. I feel her letter to the editor has a lot of half-truths or outright falsehoods that needs to be rebutted. It was...

In a dictatorship, any oath by civil servants and members of the government would be to a person, the supreme leader. Questioning the supreme leader is not allowed. The free press is not allowed. In the United States, the civil servants and members of the government (such as the Congress,...

Nationally more than two million people are estimated to be addicted to prescription opioids, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. Some turn to the cheaper street-drug heroin that delivers a similar high. Between 2002 and 2015 annual overdose deaths linked to these drugs' use...

Memorial Day 2017, out of all days, is a day that we can put aside our differences and take time to honor of those who lost their lives while serving our country. It was on May 5, 1868, three years after the Civil War ended, that the head of the Grand Army of the Republic established...

The Minnesota Medical Association, which represents 10,000 physicians, residents, fellows and medical students in Minnesota, is saddened by the vote that took place in the U.S. House of Representatives earlier this month regarding the future of healthcare in America. We have long-supported...

Thanks to the City of Detroit Lakes for replacing our mailbox struck by a city snowplow last winter. It's a great example of our "civilized" Minnesota community.—Karen Hustad, Detroit Lakes

This letter is in response to those who support more private land going into public hands through Legacy Amendment dollars. Recently, a series of editorials attacking provisions in the Omnibus Legacy Funding Bill, the House Omnibus Tax Bill, and other pending legislation, as anti-environment...

As someone who has smoked, I know personally that it's really tough to quit. I could feel when I smoked "too much" and my chest would tighten up and yet I still smoked. That's the power of addiction. I see the effects of tobacco use, specifically smoking, every day as the manager...

Compassionate animal guardians know never to buy supplies from stores like PetSmart and Petco, which sell animals who have been bred in hellish mass-breeding mills or torn from their homes and families in nature. But they may not realize that many online retailers are owned by companies...