One of my favorite places on the planet is Crosslake, Minn., where my family has had a summer cabin for nearly 40 years. It’s a beautiful and peaceful place where not a whole lot changes. These days, ...

Old Glory is the only flag flying outside Detroit Lakes City Hall. You won’t see the Minnesota state flag — the retired one or the new one that a number of communities refuse to hoist on flagpoles.

"Gaslighting," a term that is often misused, isn’t just a lie, or even a really big lie. It is a specific kind of lie, and a great example of it comes in the form of absurd claims that Minnesota’s new ...