letters to the editor

Letter writer Mike O'Brien recently took issue with Rep. Josh Heintzeman and Sen. Carrie Ruud for opposing the court appeal filing against the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline replacement project. That appeal has been ruled in favor, by Gov. Walz, and allowed to proceed.

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,...

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...

When you publish the bigoted piece As I See It by Pete Abler as either news, information or reality, you do a disservice to me and your readers. His anti-Democrat drivel is not honest or helpful in today's political situation. We need to make compromises with both parties and stop...

Sometimes writers take phrases out of context and use famous names to confirm their point of view. This was the case last Thursday in Pete Abler's column, "Good fences do make good neighbors." If one reads the entire poem, "Mending Wall" by Robert Frost (m.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/mending-wall),...

The recent crimes against the Closs family in Wisconsin help show a serious long-term flaw of the people of the United States. It might be the result of trying to have a "melting pot" nation, or maybe having too much European heritage. Or, maybe something else.

Remember the old nursery rhyme, "Hey diddle, diddle, the cat and the fiddle, the cow jumped over the moon. The little dog laughed to see such sport and the dish ran away with the spoon." Well, it seems the Democrats would rather believe that nursery rhyme before they would believe...

I have been a resident of Pequot Lakes for over four years. I am a retired nurse from the Robbinsdale area and have always wanted to live in this area. My mom and grandma lived in Swanburg for many years so I have spent most of my life in the area. I love this community and the smaller...

Senator Klobuchar was on national tv and told untrue stories (she lied) how President Trump had gut punched the Democrats on immigration. She forgets they turned down a compromise offered by Trump, giving them DACA and he would get his wall. That is not a gut punch it's called compromise....

Tonight while we were sitting on the couch discussing Christmas dinner, I heard a disturbance on our deck, and looking through the window noticed a crowd. We had Carolers! Adults and children, all had beautiful voices and it was just a nice ending to a long day. We listened to the...

In the 8th Congressional District in the Iron Range, outside groups spent $9.6 million, most of it from conservative PACs in opposition to Democrat Joe Radinovich, according to the Dec. 11 Star Tribune. Negative TV ads appeared prime time on CNN, MSNBC, Fox News and Fox Sport channels,...

It's amazing how many song titles go along with issues we have today. For example, remember "Casey would waltz with the strawberry blond and the band played on?" We have a large number of politicians on both sides of the aisle who play the same tune over and over but instead, "It's...

You hear it. Green jobs. Clean energy. Climate change. Protect the children. Protect our future. It's a bombardment of clichés and keywords to change the debate from facts to emotional dogma. Green jobs and clean energy is a misnomer. Going by their own guidelines, these "jobs" and...