Dear John,   Folks, before I start our weekly newsletter, I want to address the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk and what acts like this – including those recently here in Minnesota – say about our current political environment. This event was horrific and an absolute tragedy. My tho…

Dear John,   Well folks, Congress came back into session this week for the first time in over a month. And it sure didn’t take long for things to go off the rails again.  This week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified before th…

Dear John,   This week, Minnesota endured another horrific tragedy when a shooter opened fire on Annunciation Church and Catholic School, killing two young kids and injuring 18 more early Wednesday morning. The kids, some as young as 5 years old, were praying in church pews when the…