The end of the outdoor construction season in Lake County triggers an evaluation of work well done, and this year there were three projects in the area that fall under Habitat’s Age in Place program that allows older residents the resources to be safer in their own homes.
You may have seen them, or you may have one in your life. The morning after a bad snowstorm, elderly men patrol the community in their pickup trucks, plowing driveways of the less fortunate or looking to pull cars out of ditches.
The accompanying propaganda pitch by Antofagasta and its allies is as baseless as the lawsuit. They demand environmental review of a mining project that is not viable – it doesn’t possess the leases to mine and it has no
I was listening to a discussion on the radio the other day about the excessive cost of American health care. The very circular talk kept coming back to the absurd notion that profit-driven health care and insurance plans can and will compete their way to lower costs in the long run. They didn’t come anywhere close to dipping a toe in the other half of the problem of cost: that we’ve become unhealthy and sedate, overfed by a food industry that specializes in unsustainable cheap food. You are what you eat. Cheap food cost low, health care cost high. The Former Republicans in the bunch said “Let the free market take care of business”, forgetting that the free market is what got us here in the first place. The liberals in the bunch noted that a single- payer system will eventually be the answer (here, here), without explaining that in order for that to work you need to regulate costs. Sounds too much like socialism to say that.
Economic history has always fascinated me. It presents a conundrum that I have never solved: How the heck are countries (specifically for me, my country) supposed to regulate economic relations with other countries? In the (relatively) short history of my own country, I see plenty of examples of failure, and not a lot of success, if I define success as policies that improve, or at least leave undisturbed, the well-being of inhabitants all around.
People, check your sources and go vote. I may have been a bit overbearing in recent columns, allowing my emotions to rule the day. I long ago learned that if you want a reader to take the time to wade through an opinion, you likely shouldn’t kick the reader in the shins, especially those who may not agree with you. A little shin-kicking is a good thing on occasion, don’t get me wrong, especially when common sense flies out the window and propaganda and misinformation flies right in.
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State of Minnesota Veterans Day Celebration returns to in-person event The Official State of Minnesota Veterans Day Program is scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday, November 11 at the Veterans Memorial Community Center in Inver Grove Heights. The Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs invites Veterans, families, elected officials and community members to celebrate and honor all Veterans who have served our country. A free community breakfast will be served from 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. prior to the start of the program at 10 a.m. Silver Bay Job Fair November 16, 2022 For those unable to attend last month, the Silver Bay Veterans Home is offering another job fair opportunity before winter sets in. We’re inviting talented, compassionate professionals who want to serve those who have served our nation to join us on Wednesday, Nov. 16 any time between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.
“Safety First on Halloween” reads the Halloween page of the Lake County Press last week. As a parent of teens who, sadly, have moved on from trick or treating, it makes me sad.
Like it or not, Daylight Savings Time is upon us again. Here’s a friendly reminder to set your clocks back by one hour Saturday night so that you can be on time for whatever it is you need to be on time for Sunday morning.