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by Robert M. Traxler Let me start by saying alcohol use is dangerous, alcohol is a toxin, a poison.    Fentanyl is killing Americans, mostly young folks, in record numbers. It…

I didn’t think all that much about wearing a uniform. It was just part of the deal. We ate at a chow hall, slept in a barracks, and wore the uniform…

Who blew up the Nord Stream pipelines? We maintain that it was the Russians, the Russians maintain it was the United States. President Joe Biden did say on Feb. 7…

Hopkins cross-country coach Brooke Brenner-Romph has a very different take on her teams’ performances in last Saturday’s Otsego Invitational. I reported it was a bad day for the Vikings, but…

by Robert M. Traxler The war in or on Ukraine is on the back burner for the media, not a lot of hard-hitting reporting and analysis. I am pleasantly surprised…

by Robert M. Traxler The influx of “migrants” from the socialist haven of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is puzzling; indeed, the influx of “migrants” from the Republic of Cuba…

Kathie Johnson I was shocked and saddened to learn of the death of longtime Wayland High School language arts teacher Kathie Johnson. Kathie was a true original, and as Queen…