Letters: It’s unfortunate that we can’t have certain conversations

Watch and listen a little It is unfortunate that we can t have certain conversations I have become very aware that chosen very left people not all don t care to ever talk ideas with people on the right If a person on the right talks about what they may be thinking multiple times the far left just puts their fingers in their ears and sings LA-LA-LA-LA-LA They can t have a conversation because it hurts I wish both groups could listen and watch certain of the other s ideas to see what they are thinking and saying and then see how things end up Please watch and listen a little to the other side before total judgment Philip Hove Cottage Grove If the plan is valuable The federal regime is going broke and that fact threatens the blessings of liberty we mean to leave to our posterity To protect the federal executive it should return to serving the enumerated powers designated in the Constitution It is troubling that a federal job corps plan listing millions each year should need to close as is stated in in June newspaper Yet this majority of certainly should not mean the end of the initiative if its effectiveness and value can be proven Labor unions professionals and others who benefit directly from the work of the Job Corps should step forward reorganize the project and fill the need State tuition funding can be directed to provide selected of that aid If the operation is valuable then let Minnesotans step into this void Dave Racer Woodbury Didn t get it done So the traveling Tim Walz roadshow rocks on across America Regarding the modern ballot debacle he admits he didn t get it done Seems to be his normal operating mode Didn t send the National Guard in to quell the peaceful protest until the damage was done Didn t handle the billion budget surplus Didn t even suspect the million COVID food fraud And as his state was deadlocked on the looming budget issue he hit the road to protect the Dem Party image of the tough guy Lou Matis Roseville Meaner How about smarter Based on the extensive expedition and speaking engagements that Gov Tim Walz has embarked upon it would appear that he remains in a state of delusion thinking that he could certainly be the Dems presidential candidate in However the governor has done a great function to the State of Minnesota by being absent for a multitude of weeks The DFL will continue to make a financial mess out of the state but they lack the socialist leadership of Walz In his newest speeches Walz has requested that Democrats become meaner he perhaps should have suggested that they become smarter As he looks back on his efforts while teamed with Kamala Harris he noted that I didn t get it done It is not often that he is right about anything but he clearly has that quite correct both at home and nationally Jon Swenson Eagan Forget new ideas Last Sunday s Pioneer Press stated on Tim Walz s plan for fellow Democrats His plan is for Democrats to be meaner and he called President Donald Trump a cruel man Forget new political ideas and moving the Democrats more to the center the governor resorted to name-calling and a negative personal persona After reading this I can see Walz abandoned Minnesota Nice and stomped it to the curb Thomas McMahon White Bear Lake Historically cousins In response to a contemporary Letter to the Editor asking to stop antisemitism I have a question that I hope will be answered I am a semite of Syrian-Lebanese origin yet antisemitism does not pertain to me Why was the term coined only for Jewish people As my friends would tell me you know that Biblically the Jews and Arabs are cousins Ferial Abraham St Paul Vindicate the rights of Indigenous people Justices Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas dissented May from the decision of the Supreme Court to refuse a hearing on the appeal of Apache Stronghold against transfer of the land containing their ancestral sacred site Oak Flat to Resolution Copper The justices have it right The appeal ought to be heard Gorsuch based his dissent on the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment He wrote that the court s decision not to hear the appeal is a grievous mistake one with consequences that threaten to reverberate for generations Gorsuch further stated Just imagine if the leadership sought to demolish a historic cathedral on so questionable a chain of legal reasoning I have no doubt that we would find that occurrence worth our time Wendsler Nosie Sr of Apache Stronghold is in the process of submitting their appeal to President Donald Trump asking him to vindicate the rights of Indigenous people to land so often violated in our history Richard W Podvin Roseville Spring into summer by moving more Too various Minnesotans are not getting enough physical activity Low levels of physical activity and a sedentary lifestyle increase the pitfall for emerging several healthcare conditions such as heart disorder cancer obesity and depression as well as the vulnerability of premature death During the past several years the Promoting Physical Activity for Americans Act was introduced to the U S Congress on multiple occasions This would require the U S Department of Soundness and Human Services to issue physical-activity guidelines at least every years based on the most of current scientific and diagnostic knowledge Unfortunately the bill has not received the advocacy it needed to pass As a professor who studies physical activity and its impact on medical society and quality of life I cannot underscore enough the critical need for our elected officers to aid physical activity regulation by reintroducing this bill and for all of us to do our part by being physically evolving Engaging in regular physical activity can help to prevent and treat countless chronic medical conditions combat infection such as from COVID- and improve mental wellness and well-being Increasing your physical activity and fitness level by even modest amounts can translate to an average savings of in annual healthcare costs Exclusively put physical activity is a form of medicine that is effective safe accessible and affordable Only out of adults right now meet the recommended guidelines of minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic activity and performing two days of muscle strengthening exercises each week A nation that continues to be physically inactive will face grave consequences Our healthcare costs will be even more astronomical than they are now we may not have enough current young adults to serve in the military and we will be more vulnerable and less resilient to other threats including pandemics and natural disasters Related Articles Trudy Rubin Ukraine s stunning drone attack demonstrated the new face of modern war Shadi Bartsch Committing to the Chicago Principles of free speech is the way forward for higher ed David M Drucker The GOP s fiscal hawk era is officially over David Brooks The Democrats problems are bigger than you think Stephen L Carter The Supreme Court got the Environmental Agenda Act incident right At first minutes may seem like a lot It is a reachable goal though as it translates to just over minutes a day Any activity that facilitates movement makes your heart beat faster and increases your breathing will work So yes even things like walking your dog doing yardwork and playing with your kids or grandkids all count Any amount of activity is better than no activity for improving your fitness As we approach summer now is the time to get outside and enjoy everything the Twin Cities and Minnesota have to offer like their parks trails lakes and outdoor events Steven Elmer The writer is an associate professor in the Expert of Physical Therapy Campaign in the Henrietta Schmoll School of Physical condition Sciences at St Catherine University