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ARIES (March 21-April 19). Sometimes groups bring out the worst in people. They can gang up against those they perceive as weaker. There’s someone that the others are discounting. You’ll listen carefully to what this person has to say. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Beware of those who speak as if like they’ve the key to all knowledge. They’re likely clueless. Those who know a lot are mostly humbled by what they learned. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Those who advertise transformation will steal a little of your love of who you are now and sell it back to you in the form of a promise. ...

Media is biased to left

“A pioneer devoted to equality." That was The Washington Post's headline about Ruth Bader Ginsburg. But when Justice Antonin Scalia died, the headline was, "Supreme Court conservative dismayed liberals." When the founder of ISIS was killed, the headline was: "Austere religious scholar at helm of Islamic State, dies." But when President Donald Trump's brother died, the headline was, "younger brother of President Trump who filed lawsuit against niece, dies." At news conferences, Vice President Biden gets softball questions. After an article in The Atlantic claimed Trump ...

Trump behaves poorly

There's not much left to say about Tuesday night's presidential debate, so I'll dispense with my verdict quickly. Donald Trump fared poorly because he behaved poorly. Trump went in with the goal of forcing Joe Biden into a viral, game-changing meltdown. If Trump had succeeded, his bluster and interruptions — which may have prevented precisely the Biden "senior moment" Trump sought — would have been worth it (politically speaking). Biden went in with a Hippocratic priority: First, do no harm to his lead in the polls. Score the performances however you like, but Trump failed to ...

Blacks and Trump

President Donald Trump just rolled out his new "Black Economic Empowerment Platinum Plan." The plan focuses on building on his achievements since 2016 to improve the lives of black Americans by creating more opportunity to participate in a growing economy and to achieve greater security in life and property. A poll by The Hill and HarrisX released almost a month ago, after the Republican convention, showed approval for Trump surging among blacks, to 24% — triple the 8% he got in the 2016 election. A recent Washington Post/ABC poll and a recent Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll ...

Worst debate ever

Chaos." "Painful." "Dispiriting." "The worst presidential debate in American history." "The lowest point in American political culture in my lifetime." You get the idea. These are responses, from Donald Trump supporters and Donald Trump opponents, to the first 2020 presidential debate Tuesday night. I detect a note of shell shock and sickened recoil from the partisans of both candidates, greater than I've ever noticed before. Some of us can remember when debates were decorous, when candidates spoke respectfully of each other and sometimes granted each other's good faith. A more ...

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SENIOR DINING IN FAIRMONT Meals are served at Friendship Village 11:30 a.m. Monday through Friday. Milk served each day. Menu is subject to change. To reserve your meal, call (507) 238-1650 between 9 a.m. and noon the day before. This project is partially funded through a grant from Region 9 Area Agency on Aging under Title III-C of the Older Americans Act and is sponsored by Lutheran Social Services. FAIRMONT MONDAY — Beef stroganoff over noodles, corn-on-the-cob, bread and butter, eclairs, milk. TUESDAY — Chicken cordon bleu, hashbrown bake, brussel sprouts, bread and ...