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KNAPP: 2020 is the most important presidential election since the last one

Every four years without fail (and usually a little earlier in each quadrennial cycle), both “major” American political parties wind up and toss the same slow, fat pitch across the public’s plate: This is the most important presidential election of our lifetimes. Maybe even the most important presidential election EVER. You gotta vote. And this time, just like every other time, you can’t risk voting for anyone but Candidate X. A vote for third party or independent Candidate Y, the candidate you […]

todayJune 8, 2020

Editorial

EDITORIAL: Amateur political blog is a joke for Libertarian ticket criticisms

(Heartland Newsfeed) -- As soon as the top of the Libertarian ticket was declared this past weekend online, trolls pretending to run news organizations went to the attack. This editorial is directed at the amateur shitfest known as The American Thinker. Some fake journalist by the name of Taylor Lewis did nothing more than attempt a hit piece on the 2020 Libertarian ticket of Jo Jorgensen and Spike Cohen in a "news" article on the site Tuesday. (I have no […]

todayMay 27, 2020

Columnists

KNAPP: Morbidly obtuse: Pelosi and the media versus hydroxychloroquine

When US President Donald Trump mentioned that he’s taking hydroxychloroquine, he immediately got an extra dose of flak from both the mainstream media and noted medical experts such as US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). Trump has been using the drug prophylactically versus COVID-19 — which he’s likely been exposed to via a personal valet — with the concurrence of his physician. Pelosi chided Trump for taking “something that has not been approved by the scientists” (it has been) and worried that he’s at […]

todayMay 20, 2020

Commentary

WITHERSPOON: Is Governor Pritzker obtuse?

There’s a pivotal moment in the award-winning film, The Shawshank Redemption when the main character Andy Dufresne discovers there is evidence that could prove his innocence in the murder of his wife and her lover. Andy naively brings this to the attention of the corrupt, tyrannical warden Samuel Norton, who has relied upon Andy’s accounting acumen to skim and launder money from the prison. The warden declares the evidence he has found is false. He tells Andy he should forget about […]

todayMay 6, 2020

Commentary

KNAPP: No, the politicians didn’t save us from COVID-19

Writing at Reason Magazine, Eric Boehm notes two trends revealed in data released by Apple and Foursquare. Trend One:Americans began reducing their outings and social interactions before, not because of, “shelter in place” orders issued by grandstanding, opportunistic politicians. Trend Two:Americans started coming back out and resuming something like normal life before, not because, those politicians started lifting those orders. In other words, with COVID-19 as with everything else, government policy is a trailing, rather than leading, indicator. Politicians don't start parades […]

todayMay 5, 2020

Columnists

Rix Quinn’s Minute Story: Home confinement

House confinement offers several positives. Luckily, I’ve got a little home office, and it’s a place I can go to sleep after my morning coffee. On Monday, I had lots of time on my hands, so I took an online test to gauge my maturity level. It said I was “childish, obnoxious, and apathetic.” It said some other stuff, but I didn’t care. I’ve also started cleaning out the attic. I found my old report cards from high school, along […]

todayApril 14, 2020

Commentary

Pandemic or not, we’ll continue to deliver the news

For the past four years, Heartland Newsfeed has been dedicated to bringing you the most up-to-date news. The news has varied over time, but if it's important to you, it's important to us. As publisher and editor-in-chief, one of the greatest concerns I've heard is the lack of local news and the absence of a local news operation. I would like to assure you that while the Nokomis Free Press-Progress -- the local newspaper that I contribute content to now […]

todayApril 1, 2020

April Fools Day

Columnists

Rix Quinn’s Minute Story: April Fools Day

With the exception of spitting for distance, nothing’s more fun than a good April Fools joke. Some people give gag gifts on this day. Not me…that’s what I do for birthdays. But whatever you buy on this holiday, remember it’s much better to give than receive...especially a depilatory, which I found personally quite painful for nose hair. Sometimes, I actually present real gifts, like games or coloring books. Just about anyone can spend hours with crayons if they’ve got pictures […]

todayMarch 28, 2020

Columnists

Rix Quinn’s Minute Story: Home confinement

Wow, what a horrible week. I haven’t been this depressed since my old co-worker married my ex-girlfriend, and he started wearing my senior ring. But, even during bad times, we can find things to make us smile -- even under home confinement. My great Aunt Connie – the one who smells like rancid gravy – isn’t coming to live with you. Fortunately, she’s not coming to live with me either, because I will not agree to financially support her pet penguin. If […]

todayMarch 21, 2020

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