Views & opinions articles

  • Reader Opinion: Electric lies

    Please, contact the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission. Demand that they refuse this rate adjustment from Xcel on the grounds that it’s both false and dishonest.

  • Opinion: How the suffering in Gaza is different from other conflicts

    Opinion by Arwa Damon (CNN) — Note: This article includes descriptions of disturbing impacts of violence. A child shrieks in pain in a medical tent at a field clinic in southern Gaza. He’s 7, with severe burns on his back that are being cleaned and slathered with balm. It’s an excruciating process that would be

  • Opinion: Bachelor’s degree at a CCC

    There is a range of opinion among experts in the field as to whether a four-year college degree is necessary in today’s highly automated workplace. In some cases, modern technological devices have replaced the need for human workers. But for many people, a bachelor’s degree is the pathway toward lifetime financial stability and upward social mobility. That singular sheet of paper can give its holder job security and can enable her or him to adopt a middle-class lifestyle.Troubling newsBut...