opinion

Late last month, Democrats held a hearing in the House Labor Committee for a proposal that would require Minnesota employers to provide up to 24 weeks of paid sick and family leave, per year, for their employees. If I was at a speaking engagement, I would let that hang there for a...

Local author Craig Nagel has written a delightful book called "Looking Back." He recalls growing up in a small town near Chicago in the 1950s. Each chapter is an adventure in the mind of a boy living and learning about life. This book will bring back fond memories to the older generation...

The ethanol industry has great potential to improve agricultural communities in Minnesota, boosting the economy and helping our hardworking farmers provide for their families. Over the past five years, farm income has fallen by 46 percent. One thing that all Americans can do to help...

Up north, we the people live in the "land of sky-blue waters." Although certainly in the middle of a "blue" state, we are nevertheless, in one way, deep in a "red" zone. Last autumn, just before midterm elections, the Chalberg Theatre at Central Lakes College hosted a candidate forum,...

This has been a very disturbing few weeks for those who believe in the sanctity of human life. So many predictions of the future negative results of Roe v. Wade have come true that there really doesn't seem to be a light at the end of this tunnel of lunacy. In their decision, the...

Democrats and a few Republican allies are at it again in the Minnesota Legislature. They are determined to thwart the Minnesota Constitution, undermine the judiciary, reward habitual criminal offenders and allow un-rehabilitated criminals to affect the election of the judges, sheriffs...

In the letter to the editor from Pat Duffy of Breezy Point, Pat suggests that Pete Abler's column is bigoted and that the Echo Journal is doing a disservice to Pat and other readers. This is the typical response from leftists. If they don't like what you say, they want to shut you...

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam refuses to resign after an alleged picture of him in blackface surfaced. Northam at first said the picture was a mistake and then later said the picture was not him at all. He did admit to trying to portray Michael Jackson. According to Media reports...