Here’s hoping that a group convened by No Labels can help lead the way through an open, reasoned bottoms-up gathering to discuss the important stuff.

When approaching a challenge, Quie’s three-part formula for getting things done involves 1) radical integrity, 2) aggressive collaboration and 3) no excuses.

Kasich sees a tendency toward “self-absorption” as he looks out into the country, and he wants to help turn it into something far more positive.

Madelia has been in the news quite a bit since a fire 14 months ago pretty much destroyed its main street.

Perhaps it is time to change our way of doing politics to get at real issues in a manner that suggests constructive solutions — with our candidates, themselves, leading the way.

The New Year will ring in many changes in our lives in 2017, and one that I recommend is to celebrate January — National Mentoring Month — by becoming a mentor yourself.

Kim was expecting a homemade story, I was told, at the upcoming Christmas Eve service. I had, of course, forgotten all about it and had 24 hours to rectify the situation. 

Gov. Mark Dayton would be wise to review how former GOP Gov. Arne Carlson handled contentious issues when he served in the 1990s with DFLers controlling the Legislature.

He advised me with both word and action to “give people the benefit of the doubt and most will never disappoint you.” Caring for your community was a theme of his life.

A week after the fire, joined by several of my Class of 1965 friends, we gathered at the Sweet Indeed restaurant on the very same Main Street to discuss how we could collectively be most helpful.

Women make up 51 percent of the population in America today, but have not yet achieved parity in annual income or political influence.

Never before has a president told the story of his father, another president, through his own eyes and in his own words.