I feel like I’ve been writing this column long enough for us to be close enough, dear reader, for me to start sharing deep, personal secrets with you. I imagine the FCJ readers putting up their feet in front of a roaring fire and eagerly turning to my columns with eagerness shining in their eyes, ready to welcome me into their homes as a kooky uncle, or perhaps as the ranting … [Read more...]

By David Webb, MD Lanesboro, MN In his commentary of September 10, Jeff Erding gives a fair description of pragmatism, which however he erroneously conflates with conservatism, and then proceeds to give his own highly distorted view of liberalism. Better to stick to accepted dictionary definitions of terms and to let proponents of various ideologies speak for themselves … [Read more...]

By Aaron Swartzentruber Greenleafton, MN “O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before  whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?” (Galatians 3:1) The Apostle is writing to a people that believe in Christ, that Christ paid for their sins but now they’re trying to perfect their salvation by their … [Read more...]

If you want evidence of the very first mass extinction event on Earth, begin by looking below your feet here in Fillmore County. Most of us live near limestone from the Late Ordovician Period. The diversity of ancient life (fossils) you may find significantly diminishes as one moves into younger rock formations. This is because 85% of species that were alive during the … [Read more...]

Dear mainstream media (MSM) journalists and writers supposedly concerned about freedom of the press.  Many of us are sick and tired of you and people like you.  As a virtual arm of the left, you have no credibility.  That is part of the reason that, no matter what the Trump-haters daily accuse him of or throw at him, we don’t pay attention to you anymore. You say Trump is … [Read more...]

In these days of fractured and polarized political opinions, it’s easy to forget the facts behind many of the most popular rights of life today in America. Rights that we too often take for granted. Let’s not forget that Liberals: got women the right to vote, created social security and medicare and lifted millions of elderly people out of poverty, passed the clean air and … [Read more...]

Recently I received a book in the mail from a reader who was profoundly affected by the contents and thought I might find it of interest.   I found myself reading The Killing of Uncle Sam by Rodney Howard Browne and Paul L. Williams. It is a scholarly work, thoughtful, provocative, heavily documented and an honest effort to assess where we are and what the future holds for … [Read more...]

Within the past few weeks, the media has been abuzz with the news headlines similar to, “Don’t feed your kids Cheerios! They’ll be poisoned with glyphosate.” While it definitely grabs a reader’s attention, what are these headlines really saying? Can something the majority of Americans eat since the age of one year really be hurting you? What is glyphosate and why is it … [Read more...]

By Kevin Kelleher My mother was a wise woman. She, like many mothers, was not shy about giving her children advice. One of her best pieces of advice was “you’ll be judged by the company you keep.” Good advice for anyone, sadly, Donald Trump never got this advice or ignored it. Let’s look at the cast of characters that Donald Trump has hired to work in his administration … [Read more...]

Conservative people are pragmatists; results and production oriented. If the crops aren’t growing, we analyze what’s wrong and fix it. If the construction project we are on has an activity that’s not on track, we get it fixed before all the other activities suffer. We are this way because we must be. We live in a world where the rubber meets the road. We embrace new technology … [Read more...]