I am writing this letter in response to Chris Schafer's opinion piece "Partisan actions at Wellstone's memorial should have been kept out" (Oct. 31). Schafer contends that the memorial should have had...

In my last column I wrote that politics are nothing more than a means to fulfill the human need to connect to a group. I said issues and rants and causes become lost in the poli-babble they represent and...

I went to the "memorial" last Tuesday to pay tribute and mourn the death of a principled and honest man. Unfortunately, Sen. Paul Wellstone's memory was crassly disparaged. Wellstone was praised for respecting...

I am absolutely outraged at the shameless partisan nature of Sen. Paul Wellstone's memorial service. At one point in the service, speaker Rick Kahn called specifically on Senate Republicans for one day...

In response to Ben Shlimovitz's letter ("Israelis want peace," Oct. 29), I would like to join Shlimovitz in encouraging "all readers to do some objective research before jumping on the bandwagon." Unfortunately...

I have a little story other anti-war protesters should hear. It's about a country that failed to live up to agreements made after losing a war. Despite promises to do otherwise, this country built up its...

It was not until Tuesday evening that I developed a profound respect for Gov. Jesse Ventura. He arrived at Williams Arena just as more than 20,000 other mourners did that night to pay his final respects...

I applaud Benjamin Sunderlin, who wrote recently to encourage us to participate in our collective political discourse in "War demands discussion" (Oct. 29). To that end, Sunderlin criticizes those who...

I was on the golf course when the state first heard the news of a plane crash in northern Minnesota. By the time I made it back into the clubhouse, cursing the terrible handicap that is my banana slice,...

I was just numb when I heard the news about the Wellstone plane. Yes, Sen. Paul Wellstone was an advocate for economic democracy, for the environment, for international justice and so on. Public officials...