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Opinion

There’s something satisfying about meditating

National Columnists

Mindfulness meditation: It’s all the rage. If you’ve been anywhere, talked to anyone or visited any social media site, you’ve likely heard about some of the positive effects of mindfulness meditation — how it can help with a wide variety of problems like depression, stress, insomnia, ...

When wrong narrative hides truth about Garcia

National Columnists

In politics, creating and then owning the narrative is the best way to deceive the public. Such has been the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a native of El Salvador, who violated U.S. immigration laws and has lived in Maryland for the last 13 years. Reports describe him as a “Maryland ...

Veto would protect public schools

Letters to the Editor

Molly Haagenson Grand Forks I am writing to urge Governor Kelly Armstrong to veto HB 1540, which would send public dollars to private schools. Over the past few months, I have grown increasingly frustrated with our state legislature for pushing bills (at one point, there were six!) that ...

Sorry, Fannie Mae: We won’t get fooled again

National Columnists

Anyone remember back in 2008 when the housing market collapsed and the stock market crashed, with many tens of millions of Americans seeing their lifetime savings nearly wiped out? Apparently the politicians in Washington are suffering amnesia — even though it was the worst crash since the ...

HB 1540 jeopardizes public schools

Letters to the Editor

Monica Klein Mandan School has always been my safe place. That’s one of the reasons I became a kindergarten teacher. And I believe HB 1540, which would send public dollars to private schools, would jeopardize our public schools. That’s why I’m writing to urge the governor to veto HB ...

Pope Francis upheld church’s core teachings

National Columnists

Pope Francis was meant to be a pontiff for the age of globalization. The pope’s spiritual mission doesn’t change, but its earthly context does, and when the College of Cardinals chose Argentina’s Jorge Maria Bergoglio as successor to the retiring Pope Benedict XVI, they made a guess ...