Roger Haglund News Today

"If more of us tested the reports we read and hear as critical thinkers, using these tests of validity, there would be much less division in our country, or use of questionable information for political gain," writes Cheryl Olson of Moorhead.

Roger Haglund of Moorhead writes, "Of all the political turmoil that I have witnessed, Trump’s “Big Lie” that the election was stolen from him is the most dangerous to our democracy."

Haglund writes, "Instead of government action to reduce mass killings the gun rights ideologue argues public safety should be left in the hands of individuals: the 'good guy with a gun.' But as Uvalde and Buffalo demonstrated, even trained police officers were outgunned by the 'bad guy with an assault-style rifle' leaving Republicans with no workable plan to deal with gun violence."

Haglund writes, "It appears that the media and many Democrats find it difficult to believe that our democracy could be vulnerable, but more than 150 political scientists recently signed an open letter to Congress that 'American democracy is at critical risk' and imploring it to pass the Freedom to Vote Act."

Haglund writes, " (Republicans') only policy goals seem to be retaining power at all costs, cutting taxes for the rich, and valuing personal freedom above the common good."