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Perhaps snow isn't the real burden on those collapsing barns in Minnesota

Perhaps it's the way we've changed farming.
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Minnesota moves one step closer to sanity on the roads

House passes common-sense bill to address increase in distracted driving.
Editorial

How to make up for school snow days

Minnesota House, Senate wisely OK bills to help schools weather fallout.
Opinion Exchange

Your little Muslim neighbor needs love after Christchurch

In one-on-one conversations, we've found that many Muslim children do not feel accepted in their American communities. Be an ally to them.
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'Regarding the pain of others'

Technology sometimes takes us down a dark road. Face-to-face interactions bring us back.
Editorial

How to make up for school snow days

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We need C-SPAN more than ever

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Would Modern Monetary Theory work? Ask the American colonists.

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U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar: Apply universal values to all nations to achieve peace

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March 18

College admissions: Worse than 'side door' scandal are the closed doors

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March 18
In Pakistan, a relative wept as he showed a photo of Sohail Shahid, one of 50 people killed Friday in shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Ze

Terrorism is a performance. Don't watch.

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March 18
Students held a candle as they gathered Monday in Christchurch, New Zealand, for a vigil to commemorate victims of Friday’s shooting at two mosques

Outdated approach to terrorism fight must be scrapped after Christchurch

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March 18
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Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke high-fived Mitchell Murphy, 12, at an event at the home of Dubuque County Recorder John Murphy in Du

Beware of Beto O'Rourke's charisma. It's a path to poor group decisionmaking.

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Ilhan Omar, fellow Minnesotans, cavort in center ring of a Democratic circus

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