opinion

One of the most important ways to preserve the American dream, and keep the middle class alive and kicking, is through higher education. Affordable higher education. Students have been shouldering...

A week before Ryan was scheduled to enter fourth grade, a message was sent by the school Principal to parents of all 4th graders: “Beginning with the 4th grade, all...

Opinions based on non-facts are dangerous and should be challenged. When I read the recent letter to the editor by Lee Purrier, “Guns Are Dangerous And Should Be Controlled” I...

Congratulations to the DLHS (Detroit Lakes High School) girls’ golf team. Good work Coaches Harrier and Schramel and all the golfers. What an accomplishment for Kate Smith and Natalie Roth...

With two strokes of his pen, Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton vetoed two line items of Legacy Amendment funding — and launched a great debate. The sales tax authorized by amendment...

Whether the American flag is snapping in the wind at the top of a tall flag pole or clutched in a child’s hand as it’s waved at a parade, the...

In a resigned response to last week’s continued wet weather, I sat at the old upright piano at our place of business and played some somber hymns. The piano sits...

We were very disappointed in the school board’s decision to drop the swimming requirement for graduation from DLHS. In our opinion, it was something that set our town and school...

Warmer temperatures mean more bicyclists will return to the road, and together, motorists and bicyclists must share the road. In the last five years (2008-12), 44 bicyclists died on Minnesota...

June is a big month for weddings, almost all scheduled, and a month for about 1/12 of the year’s funerals, held mostly when necessary. Both are occasions for get-togethers and...

“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” — Confucius, 500 BC The brothers Tsarnaev may have earned a place in the history...

Editor’s note: The following guest editorial was written by Ed Henninger with Henninger Consulting in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Henninger worked with the Alexandria Echo Press years ago on redesigning...

This cruel, late spring moved swiftly from drab grays and browns of late winter to bright greens of aspen leaves and fresh grass, as well as the blooms of the...

The 2013 Minnesota legislative session was very beneficial for rural Minnesota and our state’s economy is getting stronger by the day. The future is looking bright for Minnesota. That is...

It is rare indeed that an American politician will offer even a hint that he or she has made regrettable decisions. Thus we give President Obama a great deal of...