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The most recent scandals involving Roman Catholic priests have my husband and I up in arms. The British Isles and into the continent of Europe are seeing hundreds of people coming forward to say they were sexually abused by priests decades ago. A friend (who is Catholic) says that most Catholic priests are pedaphiles. I [...]

The missionaries who made the decision to take about 30 children out of Haiti into the Dominican Republic after the earthquake have such arrogance concerning their ideals and beliefs, they don’t realize what they did was wrong. In fact, with the threat of trafficking children, they still argue their mission was righteous and there have [...]

I gave myself a present this year. I went to visit an old friend this past weekend. We had recently reconnected after about 15 years of not being in contact. There was no estrangement, we just had moved on and lost contact. I spent less than 24 hours at her home in Wisconsin, but it [...]

The Vikings want a new stadium. Now that the Twins have a new stadium, the football team wants a new one even more than they did before. And, I hear the team would like to see the state, county, city and/or taxpayers pay for it. Why? Don’t they know there is no extra money to [...]

I am so disappointed. I thought Tiger Woods was one of the good guys. He has a great family, is a dynamic golfer and kept out of the limelight when not performing his sport. A quiet, dedicated family man, or so I thought. But I, and the world, now learn that for the last 31 [...]

What is the big deal about President Obama’s message to students to study hard, stay in school, graduate, get a good job? What are people afraid of? That their children may hear another opinion than from their parents? That they may agree with the idea of staying in school? Tell me what parent doesn’t want [...]

Gov. Mark Sanford, South Carolina, recently was caught visiting his mistress in South America. And, although he is being called to resign by many of the residents of his state and others, he said he possibly can do a better job as governor because of his infidelity. The funny thing about that is when then [...]

The case of Daniel Hauser, his family and government is a tough one. The 13-year-old boy has Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He had one round of chemotherapy and his parents decided to discontinue the treatments, because of religious beliefs. They want to treat Daniel with “alternative” medicines. Now, I see nothing wrong with “alternative” medicines. I firmly [...]

In Minnesotan’s eyes, and the rest of the country, Coleman will always be the “sore loser” because of his actions in the 2008 senatorial race. He has dragged on the election results for six months now, way to long for most people’s tastes. Most recently, he has petitioned the Minnesota Supreme Court to review prior [...]

All entries to this blog are the opinion of the blogger only, and not of the Morrison County Record or ECM Publishers, Inc. President Obama recently said he favored compensating teachers according to the academic accomplishments of their students. If the students did well, so would the teacher. If the students fail, the teacher would [...]