Pine and Lakes Echo Journal | Pequot Lakes, Minnesota

Nearly 2,000 years ago, the Greek philosopher Epictetus wrote a sentence that anticipates much of what we know of modern psychology.

“To accuse others of your own misfortunes is a sign of lack of education; to accuse yourself shows that your education has begun; to accuse neither yourself nor others shows that your education is complete.”

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Sparkle Academy, the educational branch of Sparkle Theatricals, is partnering with the Kitchigami Regional Library System to launch Camp Houdini — an interactive summer tour visiting 10 regional library branches in July.

Locally, the camp will be at the Crosslake Area Library at 3 p.m. Tuesday, July 21; the Pequot Lakes Community Library at 11 a.m. Wednesday,...

Worry! We all know that we shouldn’t; some people spend a lot of time doing it; and too often it controls us to the point of consuming our minds.

Worry is used in marketing campaigns, songs and as conversation fillers when we don’t quite know what to say.

An image closely associated with Mad magazine is that of Alfred E. Neuman, the boy with ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Olivia Miles made a triumphant return Saturday.

Back after missing two games with a strained calf, Miles scored 23 points, corralled a huge rebound late, and the Minnesota Lynx beat New York 90-85 at Target Center.

With the Lynx up 88-85, Courtney Williams missed a pull-up jumper with 16 seconds left. The ball bounded around for...

When the moon drops out of the scene, the stars shine in all their grandeur. While a moonless sky is an uplifting sight, I'd miss the extra dimension Earth's orbital companion brings to the night sky were it to disappear for good. The moon stabilizes Earth's axis. Without it, the planet would wobble, resulting in radical changes in climate. Not to mention smaller tides, effects ...