Opinion

Garrison Keillor & Friends: Spring is here, time to get to know each other…
School choice — the right of parents to get state subsidy of the private education of their kids — was not around back in my time, my dears.
The Lowe Down: Life’s certainties…
To the Graduating Class of 2024,Just look at you.

The Lowe Down: Crisis creates opportunity…
Each generation of citizens in our country is tethered together by the major events that occurred during their developmental years.

From the Editor’s Desk
As a young child, I’d sit under the stone table at the post office and pretend to be Barbara Walters interviewing somebody while my mother conducted her post office business.
The Lowe Down: 15th Century thinking…
If you don’t think life is amazing, consider the fact that you are sitting on a large rock orbiting the Sun in a galaxy called The Milky Way.

From the Editor’s Desk
If you’re around Granite Falls you have the opportunity to check out the current exhibit at the Granite Area Arts Council’s Gallery, featuring the history of the KK Berge building on it’s 100th birthday.

Garrison Keillor & Friends: Man walks out on stage as storm rolls in…
I did my solo stand-up act in Ohio last week and in the midst of a story, the auditorium shook with a blast of thunder.
The Lowe Down: Remembering what we stand for…
Sometimes you don’t know who you are and what you stand for until you are forced to fight for it.

From the Editor’s Desk
This late in the wintery season, we don’t expect to have our plans interrupted quite as much by the weather.