After 19 years, it finally happened. My main credit card, the one I use for most purchases, was compromised. I bought my wife’s Valentine’s Day gift from a local merchant using the card. The merchant didn’t run the card immediately — which was OK because the fraud might have been missed for a longer period Read more »
Why are business people becoming more interested in kindergarten readiness? It’s not because they want to roll back the child labor laws. It’s because they realize that in the high-tech economy of the 21st century, the jobs will go to the adequately educated — and the odds of achieving that status grow longer for every Read more »
The trouble with having a love life is that all relationships end. Either you break up or one of you dies. And yet, almost all of us aspire to share our lives with someone who will accept us for who we are, warts and all, even knowing that heartbreak waits at the end. The simple Read more »
Last week, I attended the Minnesota Newspaper Association’s annual convention in Bloomington. Usually, we have a newsmaker for one of our luncheon speakers, but that didn’t happen this year. Instead we had a couple of reporters telling us amusing stories from their careers — nothing that seemed worthy of sharing with readers. As a result, Read more »
Over the years, I have written a number of editorials and columns encouraging folks to attend their precinct caucuses. For those who think I’m a hypocrite, this would be the leading example. I probably haven’t attended a caucus as a participant in 30 years. Newspapers have enough trouble maintaining their credibility without actively participating in Read more »
A curious madness seems to have infected the world. By happenstance, I have been doing more reading about what caused the financial collapse of the Western World four years ago, and it seems clear to me that we are no closer to fixing the problem today than we were when it came home to roost. Read more »
Flight 2012 has been cleared for take off. Passengers are reminded to turn off your cell phones, laptop computers and anything else that may distract you from the terrors outside the window. Instead, we encourage you to re-assume the brace position, but only after donning your flight helmet, flak jacket and life preserver. If you Read more »
By JUSTIN JOHNSON, Guest Columnist After reading the Sheriff’s “opinion” in the Jan. 2 Peach, it demonstrates very clearly what we the people have been saying all along. What we need is equal enforcement of the laws for all the people. Our sheriff is and has been going out of his way to find ways Read more »
I’ve just returned from Sioux City, Iowa, where we visited relatives over Christmas. However, there was no Christmas spirit to be had on the local TV stations. Instead, Iowans have been inundated with political ads, as if it were just days before the November election. That’s because Tuesday, Iowans will hold their precinct caucuses, and Read more »
By Peter J. Mikkelson, Guest Columnist Recently, the subject of the Amish and their failure to use slow moving vehicle signs has reappeared in Todd County. KSAX Television out of Alexandria had a two-part segment on the issue, and there was a “Guest Columnist” article in the Peach and the Morrison County Record written by Read more »
