You may have heard the phrase “bad faith” or “bad faith arguments” shooting across the TV news lately (or at least what passes for news lately) and the phrase is a bit... high-minded. In everyday English it’s as simple as that one person who’s always trying to find some way to “get” you every time you have an argument, to the ridiculous point where you just dread every time you … [Read more...]

Belief in the socialist delusion is the most amazing faith that exists.  It persists despite failing always and everywhere. There is one common thread that runs through all of the claims proponents use to try convince us that it really can work.    It just hasn’t yet been implemented properly, they say.  In one form or another, we hear that over and over again.  The … [Read more...]

Why does my vote matter? (October 2018) By Kelsey Biel Being a dairy farmer, a high school student, an active member in many organizations, and being a contributing member of my community, I have realized the importance of other people’s voices and how they are portrayed. Everyone with the privilege to vote has a very essential voice to be heard. This is a fact. Whether if is … [Read more...]

During the last full week in January of 2019, the Fillmore County Journal Creative Director Jana Boyum attended the 152nd annual Minnesota Newspaper Association Convention and Trade Show. As part of a three day event, Jana was able to partake in educational sessions with speakers and network with newspaper industry peers during round table discussions.  Attending these types … [Read more...]

I would like to address common myths and misconceptions about Climate Change. Mythconception #1: “Climate Change used to be called ‘Global Warming’ but the Earth hasn’t been warming, so it’s called ‘Climate Change’ now.” Global warming is a term describing the overall impacts of atmospheric and oceanic temperatures as a result of greenhouse gases on Earth. As time progressed … [Read more...]

Our country and world has limitless problems, but amongst your complaints you take a swing at Christianity. Why? Do you want Christians to stand up stronger for all of the things that Jesus taught us, or tried to? Will you join us or will you pick and choose which issues you agree with and which ones you don’t? Ross Kramer Fountain, Minn. … [Read more...]

Someone was killed, shot “multiple times,” five miles from downtown Chatfield. Neither the Chatfield police nor the city government will say anything - except “no cause for concern.” Who did the shooting? Why was the man shot (multiple times)? Should I go out and buy a gun? Can I now let one rip if someone walks up my driveway after dark? If a person is gunned down on Main … [Read more...]

I just listened to Trump’s State of the Union speech a couple nights ago.  After listening to it and to the news the next couple of days, a few things stand out.  Not one word was said about global warming or one about renewable energy. Both are in the news often.  Just this morning on Good Morning America they showed that the last five years were the warmest in history.  Most … [Read more...]

By Lee Hamilton One of the more striking political developments of the last few years has been the partisan sorting of American voters. It used to be that both the Republican and Democratic parties covered some ideological ground. Now, it’s so habitual for conservatives to make their home in the GOP and liberals in the Democratic Party that party and ideological labels stand … [Read more...]