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Letters to the Editor

Learning from recent history

Andrew Allis Granville “We don’t get into politics or controversy here at the First Church of (fill in the blank), rather we just lift up Jesus in this congregation and everything else takes care of itself.” The above quote reflects the attitude of most churches in America that ...

A fitting tribute

Anna Marie Shomento Minot While the ground is still white, pile the kids and Grandma and Grandpa into your car and take a drive through Rosehill Memorial Cemetery. (Earlier this month) many hardy folks, including a few children, braved the below-zero weather to lay 1,080 wreaths on the ...

More on Question 8

Andrey Anderson Velva In Jim Maxson’s letter to the editor of ten questions he asked in question 8 “How many seniors that are against socialism would give up social security”? In addition to that question, one might wonder how many anti socialists at any age would give up Medicare, ...

Wishes for 2022

Steve Moen, Minot The North Dakota Living magazine, the Rural Electric Co-op magazine, wanted to know what our wishes were for 2022 so I submitted mine but it was of course not printed because it runs contrary to the Democrat narrative and they wanted non-controversial feel-good wishes, so I ...

Two grand slams

Duane Brekke, Minot I read James Maxson’s article in the December 12, 2021, Minot Daily paper with a lot of interest. Especially point #7 regarding the State Mill and Elevator. In 1950’s to 1960’s there was a lot of talk about the Durum Triangle in North Dakota, which was from Lakota, ...

Beef labeling is important

Jenna Vanhorne, Steele You might have read recently that the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) is petitioning USDA to replace Product of the USA with Processed in the USA. Why does this matter? There’s a big difference between the words “Product” and “Processed” when ...