In 2013, an Italian informational technology professional, Alberto Brandolini, pointed out the difference in effort required to debunk misinformation compared to the ease of creating it in the first …

Concerning the letter to the editor by Mary Rasmussen in the Feb. 19 edition of the Herald — have you forgotten 9/11 in New York? Nearly 3,000 people were killed. In St. Cloud mall, 10 people were …

On Feb. 16, we celebrated Presidents Day.   In her “Letters From an American” newsletter Feb. 16, historian Heather Cox Richardson, a professor at Boston College, noted, “In 1789, …

Confidence in our elections is essential to the health of our republic. Some potential voters don’t go to the polls because they lack confidence that their vote is going to …

We have now been informed that labeling someone a “fascist” is unfair and wrong. My college German teacher was a Lithuanian who came to America after World War II. One day she made this …

Our community is currently living under a cloud of fear that contradicts the values this nation was founded upon. The recent aggressive tactics by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement — …

February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, a time to address an issue that affects far too many young people. Research shows that 1 in 3 teens in the United States will …

In the Random Reflections column of the Jan. 22 Sauk Centre Herald, Ms. Leukam begins with 11 paragraphs of rambling thoughts ranging from a Disney fairy tale that included eating elephants, the …

In the Sauk Centre Herald dated Jan. 22, Pam Borgmann was announced as the Sauk Centre Area Chamber of Commerce Lifetime Achievement Award winner. She was honored for contributions to the community …

I moved to Sauk Centre last June, and I have been so impressed with how the city takes care of all its assets. That has been reinforced this winter with all the work of the city employees to take …

The recent news from the U.S. Attorney’s Office has been weighing on me. The last report suggested as much as $9 billion taxpayer dollars have been lost to fraud. Our illustrious governor says he …

James McHenry was born in Ireland in 1753 and immigrated to the American colonies just before the Revolutionary War. He was an officer during the war and later served as secretary of war under …