Two things can be true at once. Foreign entities have seeded the opposition to data center growth in the United States. China, in particular, through its control of TikTok and other influence outlets, has relentlessly worked to stop the American AI advantage against China. Also, at this point, ...
When I attended a much different public school in suburban Maryland, there was a public service announcement on TV that asked: "It's 10 o'clock. Do you know where your children are?" I was usually in bed at that hour on "school nights," but that question might be put a different way today: ...
Pickleball? Lakes? Council meeting highlights. To the editor: Councilman: “Due to the urgency of citizens to add pickleball courts.” Urgency? Last meeting, the woeful pickleballers lamented, “We’ve been waiting 15 years.” Now it is “urgent”? Pickleballers if you are “impoverished”, I’m sorry, please excuse me. If not, build your own, rent SMEC (Southern Minnesota Educational Campus), dual-purpose courts. Risk your own time, effort and money, not ours. Council, did you ask neighbors, friends and relatives? Fairmont, “The City of Lakes” or pickleball? What ...
Two stories have dragged the subject of postpartum depression into the center of the national conversation this week. First was the death of actress Hayden Panettiere at the age of 36, not long after speaking openly about her struggle with postpartum depression following the birth of her ...
We are capable of saying a lot without using a single word. The face, body, eyes, and voice can provide a lot of information without words. Emotions, intentions, attitudes, agreement, disagreement, acceptance, rejection, and so many messages are transmitted instantly without any language at ...
It was only a few years ago when the climate change alarms and green energy fad were all the rage at the White House and corporate board rooms. Former President Joe Biden's policies were all tilted to ending fossil fuels, and many of America's biggest corporations embraced the concept of ...
