opinion

The photos were heartening and heartbreaking. Thousands of young people lined up on a sweltering summer day, clutching the papers that chart their lives in America: diplomas and awards, pay...

Recently I received a mailer discussing State Rep. Dave Hancock’s voting record from this past legislative session. Curiously, several things were left out. Rep. Hancock increased property tax relief by...

Mining humor out of Missouri Senate hopeful Todd Akin’s barrage of claptrap is tougher than eating frozen jerky in a rowboat on the eyewall of Hurricane Isaac. Normally, rape and...

I guess Mitt Romney thought he was preaching to the choir when he told Fortune Magazine some juicy details of his economic plan. But the choir is not a monolith;...

Only 10 percent of Americans believe Congress is doing its job, according to findings this week by Gallup. This ties the low-water mark of Congress from this past February, and...

“The Puritan ice may be melting in most Americans’ veins, but not in Mother’s.” A nude model fretted in Cosmopolitan over her worried mother’s nagging more than three decades ago...

Newspapers often lack discretion and common decency, so it was no surprise when the Pioneer made an exposé out of the DUI of Sarah Einerson, a respected public servant, actress...

I found myself appalled by the Aug. 14 article about Sarah Einerson’s arrest for DUI. Is this how the Pioneer intends to sell papers from now on? Will you write...

People who lie a lot also tend to whine a lot, particularly when their prevarications are exposed. As a presidential candidate, Mitt Romney gives the impression of never having been...

President Obama needs to give EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson an ultimatum: Waive the requirement in the Renewable Fuels Standard established in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 mandating ethanol blending...

The lignite industry in North Dakota provides affordable and reliable electricity to about 2 million people in the Upper Midwest, many of them in northern and western Minnesota. The state’s...

Amid all the accusations and counteraccusations over Medicare, the Ryan budget and whether Mitt Romney is a felon, a tax cheat or a killer, it sometimes seems the political world...

If you’re a political and media junkie, you know one truth: your head starts to spin after a while — even more than the political spinners you see every day...

This topic has been beaten into the ground lately but never can enough be said about the safety factor when it comes to the first day of school tomorrow (and...

Controversial initiated measures will stimulate citizen turnout for the November general election as five proposals are likely to be placed on the ballot by Secretary of State Al Jaeger. North...