Wood Working: Odd history creates blessed beginnings and joyful endings
On Christmas Day the Beautiful Wife and I were traveling through Minneapolis when she proposed: “Let’s go to church at Trinity Congregation.”
RELATED CONTENTLetter: Read Dave Wood: Be charmed and learn something
When I get the Journal this is usually the order in which I read it: First the front page articles, then the opinion page, followed by the articles by Dave Wood. The rest of the paper follows.
Letter: Lawmaker spinning faster than a top
State Rep. Dean Knudson’s letter in the Jan. 26, Journal is apparently an attempt to spin his way out of the whopper a letter-writer called him on in the previous week’s Journal.
Letter: We deserve better than lies from our legislators
Dean Knudson couldn’t be more wrong in his letter supporting voter ID legislation.
Letter: Knudson’s dead voters’ conjecture lacks credibility
Republican State Rep. Knudson raises fears of voter fraud while saying we cannot know the extent to which it is happening.
Letter: Legislator plays up innuendo to advance political agenda
I read with interest Rep. Dean Knudson’s story of “buses full of voters” for the 2004 election in River Falls. I requested that he provide a public explanation.
Letter: So many people gave me comfort while I grieved
I would like to thank everyone for the outpouring of love and affection my family is still receiving after the loss of my son, Joe Fern.
Letter: A Wounded Country
I am a retired computer engineer who served in the U.S. Army during Vietnam.
RELATED CONTENTEditorial: Be informed before donating
It may be better to give than receive, but donors to charitable causes still need to be careful when exercising that benevolent spirit.
RELATED CONTENTSenator says: Finally, the forces of reason and progress are coming together
If you pay attention to the news from Washington, D.C., you might believe that Republicans and Democrats can’t agree on anything. But I went to Washington willing to work with anyone who will acknowledge a problem and help develop real solutions. A case in point is the bipartisan agreement that has now been reached on replacing the Stillwater lift bridge.
RELATED CONTENTNight spots ‘up north’ have their own ways, history and name
Our niece Zara Pirsig spent a recent holiday with us, coming all the way from Carmel, Calif., to partake in the cultural attractions of Pierce and St. Croix Counties.
RELATED CONTENTLetter: Hard to prove fraud, but not with voter ID
Free and honest elections are the foundation of our government.
Letter: Taxpayers: Watch your aspiring political candidates
The distrust shown toward Mitt Romney for his delay in releasing his tax rate information has been refreshing. I think many of us are suspicious of any very rich politician who claims to have our best interests at heart.
Letter: Can’t say enough good about this athletic program
I wish to commend and extend my heartfelt appreciation to all those who have done a phenomenal job in building the River Falls Wrestling Program to what it is today.
Letter: Let’s not passively surrender our democratic values
On New Year’s Eve President Obama passed a law that allows the indefinite detention provisions embedded in the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
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