Opinion
Jim Galewski: Our best deal could end up collateral damage
The Winona County Board voted to build a $6 million building behind the existing Winona County Annex. The new building will consolidate some departments but won't simplify county business for taxpayers.
Nov 20, 2009 | 12:20 am | Loading…
Leonard Pitts: It's tough, some days, to struggle with life's grays
It's tough, some days, to struggle with life's grays
Nov 20, 2009 | 12:15 am | Loading…
Thomas Jaszewski: Tell us another tall tale, Mr. Murphy
Tell us another tall tale, Mr. Murphy
Nov 20, 2009 | 12:15 am | Loading…
Ellen Goodman: A false choice ... women's health or reform
BOSTON - It was one of those small shocks that come unexpectedly in the wake of a death. Just days after the country had buried Ted Kennedy, Cardinal Sean O'Malley took to his blog to defend himself from critics attacking him for presiding over the funeral of a pro-choice senator.
Nov 19, 2009 | 12:20 am | Loading…
Guest view: Rationale for agreement between Winona, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
At the Sept. 9, meeting we were unanimous in recommending the proposed partnership between the city of Winona and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Nov 19, 2009 | 12:15 am | Loading…
Steve Midthune: Give our military a break
I supported going into Afghanistan to clean out the training camps of those who carried the out terrorist attacks on 9/11.
Nov 19, 2009 | 12:15 am | Loading…
Alice Nietzke and Arlene Nietzke: Walz hasn't listened or represented Minnesota
At this point in time - everyone should have heard or read or seen details of the health care debate that has inundated the country's media forever, or so it seems.
Nov 19, 2009 | 12:15 am | Loading…
Lori Sellner: Thanks, Tim Walz, for your vote
U.S. Rep. Tim Walz cast a vote in favor of the Affordable Health Care for America Act.
Nov 18, 2009 | 12:25 am | Loading…
Kathleen Parker: Someone who does support forced abortion
WASHINGTON - One of the few incontrovertible assertions one can reasonably make is that no one supports forced abortion.
Nov 18, 2009 | 12:20 am | Loading…
David Girod: Alleged doesn't do the story justice
This letter concerns the tragic mass shooting at Fort Hood, Texas' army base.
Nov 18, 2009 | 12:15 am | Loading…
Jerome Christenson: Apocalypse? Not now
Well, it looks like there’s one more movie I won’t be going to see.
Nov 18, 2009 | 12:15 am | Loading…
Darrell Ehrlick: Glass is half full in the case of Fastenal
About a month ago, we reported that our own hometown Fastenal's earnings fell
Nov 17, 2009 | 12:20 am | Loading…
Kristen Lopez Eastlick: Number of uninsured is vastly over-estimated
To elaborate on Gary Arneson's Nov. 8 letter "You should be scared of government," the oft-quoted statistic of
Nov 17, 2009 | 12:15 am | Loading…
Barb Bambenek: Looking for stolen art
If anyone has seen yard art for Halloween, about 3 feet tall with a jack-o-lantern and gray cat on top if it, please return it to Gilmore Avenue so I can entertain the public next season.
Nov 17, 2009 | 12:15 am | Loading…
Sharon Coleman: Obama doing his best
I would like to thank Dick Smith for his comments in the Nov. 5 Your Views section.
Nov 17, 2009 | 12:15 am | Loading…
James Halbakken: Not all walls do the same thing
Local high school teacher Dwayne Voegeli hopefully attended the Berlin Wall presentation at Somsen Hall on Monday night to more fully understand the differences in "walls."
Nov 17, 2009 | 12:15 am | Loading…
George Will: The hubris of Washington monetarists
WASHINGTON — One of the many television commercials exhorting viewers to buy gold says solemnly that it is an asset whose value “has never dropped to zero,” a boast that surely sets a record for minimalism.
Nov 17, 2009 | 12:15 am | Loading…
Kathleen Parker: Fightin' words ... the passion of Henry Allen
WASHINGTON - The so-called "newsroom brawl" between an editor and a writer at The Washington Post recently has been a fine distraction for the health-care-weary.
Nov 16, 2009 | 12:20 am | Loading…
Steve Schild: Along with trajedy is hard truth of war
Besides the horror of the shootings themselves and the agony they caused for the shattered families, two things stand out for me about the incident at Fort Hood.
Nov 16, 2009 | 12:15 am | Loading…
