By Christopher Conlon Chatfield, MN I had a friendly argument about abortion recently with a candidate who stopped by my home while campaigning.  We agreed that it’s wrong to directly kill an innocent human being, but they argued that abortion can be an individual’s right because it’s not a human being that’s being killed.  We came to an impasse when we disagreed about the … [Read more...]

By George Spangler Chatfield, MN With mid-term elections looming before us, media experts are speculating about how residents of “fly-over country” will vote. Is America’s heartland  peopled with folks who have nothing better to do than argue about farm equipment? Are we gullible or skeptical? Do we value truth over fiction?  The answer lies within you.  We all have our … [Read more...]

Letter about being thankful for the Inflation Reduction Act... To the Editor, I am so thankful both our U.S. Senators who represent us here in the great state of Minnesota voted for the Inflation Reduction Act and that the act passed and was signed into law by President Biden. Because that has passed, if any of my grandma’s prescription drugs are on the list of drugs that … [Read more...]

Letter about should  you vote 3rd party?... To the Editor, Not this year if you want to protect our democracy. This election, the danger is too real to “symbolically” vote for someone to show your dislike of the two-party system. We have actual election deniers on our ballot; we have one party whose platform says they will eliminate Social Security and remove our freedom to … [Read more...]

By Stan Gudmundson Peterson, MN Who do you vote for and why? Are there any principles you firmly believe in that determine which candidate to vote for? Are they key or does your loyalty to a particular party take precedence?  Or is it merely family tradition? Are you a single issue only voter? What are the consequences of a political party’s policies? These are some … [Read more...]

To the Editor, When going to vote this November, remember that if your mother would have had you aborted, you would not be alive today. Vote for candidates who will protect LIFE from natural conception to natural death! God Bless America! Eleanore Jones Spring Valley, Minn. … [Read more...]

By Nancy Bratrud Preston, MN Have you voted yet?  My mother, a first-generation American, told me to always vote!  While I haven’t always done as my mother told me to do, voting is imperative. You may already have voted, taking advantage of the many expanded opportunities to cast a ballot in Minnesota.  My mother would have approved.  I will vote at my local polling place on … [Read more...]

Letter about a woman’s right to choose... To the Editor, I encourage a vote Tuesday, November 8 for the candidate who supports a woman’s right to choose. A woman’s right to choose which means exactly that – including the choice of giving life for the unborn. It is the question of who chooses what’s right for me and others involved in my decision. A woman’s right to choose … [Read more...]

Letter about what’s not to like?... To the Editor, The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has been controversial and rejected by a big part of congress. There are so many pieces of this bill that benefit me and my neighbors that I’m glad it passed in spite of the “no” votes. One part of the bill controls insulin costs. A cap was put on the cost for Medicare folks but some were … [Read more...]

By Stan Gudmundson Peterson, MN The Catholic Church has a “devil’s advocate.” His job is to investigate accounts of miracles and rebut them. If he can. There is no counterpart to a devil’s advocate in today’s “climate change” research.  There is virtually no way any researcher could get any federal funding, or little other kind either, to investigate counter global … [Read more...]

By Yvonne Nyenhuis Lanesboro, MN Recently I received an advertisement from a candidate who is running for government office. He proclaimed in bold letters that he is “Pro-Gun”!   I felt suddenly cold  as a chill came over me. Our country  has more guns than people! It has not made us safer!  Doctors in hospitals are overwhelmed treating patients with gun wounds.  The drama … [Read more...]

To the Editor, Maybe, if your household makes over $400,000 annually and you don’t pay the taxes you owe on that comfortable income. The recently passed Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) provides $80 billion over a decade for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The funding will allow the IRS to bring the agency’s technology into the 21st Century and hire replacements for … [Read more...]

To the Editor, Trump stole top secret documents and lied about it. This criminal act involved thousands of stolen records. There were 46 empty folders that had contained classified documents. These are not the actions of a decent sane person. Were the missing papers lost, destroyed, hidden, or sold? Now he vilifies the FBI and DOJ. On the day of the violent coup attempt, … [Read more...]

Opinions expressed here are those of the author and not of the Fillmore County Journal. The fundamental questions:  1) Why were U.S. forces in Syria?  2) What was their job?   They were there to fight ISIS.  That’s why they were there.  That’s it.  They were not there to get in the middle of ancient and ongoing contest between the Kurds and Turkey even though the Kurds … [Read more...]