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November 21, 2018
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November 20, 2018
Readers Write: Campaign finance, wolf protection, homeless encampment fire, Minneapolis 2040 Plan, Ivanka Trump's e-mails, the selection of a new U.S. House speaker
A municipal mailing shows the challenge of campaign finance.
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November 16, 2018
Readers Write: Southwest light rail, Minneapolis 2040 Plan, birthright citizenship
We lost. Peter McLaughlin won, on this issue.
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November 16, 2018
Readers Write: Ball-snagging Twins fan, St. Paul garbage collection, light-rail costs, affordable housing, 'huffing,' clergy sex abuse, the 'culture of outrage'
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November 16, 2018
Readers Write: Religious 'nones,' Amazon's 'HQ2,' war and peace, accessibly finding solace in nature
Religious 'nones' are copping out.
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November 15, 2018
Readers Write: Alan Page, Gov. Tim Walz and marijuana laws, crime and gun laws, Wisconsin and gerrymandering, Minneapolis 2040 plan
Achieving greatness through character and collaboration.
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November 14, 2018
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It's a step, but the amounts seem so inadequate for the injuries.
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November 13, 2018
Readers Write : America's melting pot; no more politics as usual; Jason Lewis; gun legislation; Stan Lee
Diverse people produced a common good, and I'm the lucky one.
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November 12, 2018
Readers Write: California fires, President Trump in France, 2018 midterm elections, gun legislation, getting to know your turkey
Deadly blazes are part of huge, complex problem demanding attention.
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November 9, 2018
Readers Write: Atmospheric impressions of an election door knocker, Peter McLaughlin's service to the community, the national direction, the Eighth District
From a grateful door knocker.
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November 9, 2018
Readers Write: Mall of America bus waiting area, Minneapolis 2040 Plan, election maps, campaign finance health care costs, mass shootings
We're cold. Does anyone care?
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November 9, 2018
Readers Write: Sidewalk snow removal in Minneapolis, birthright citizenship, swearing in, spanking, 'bullet journals'
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November 8, 2018
Readers Write: California shooting, calls for bipartisanship, Editorial Board advice (really?) for Ellison, red-blue in the governor's race and the (nonpartisan) Hennepin County sheriff's race
This. This is what we should fear.
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November 7, 2018
Readers Write: President Donald Trump after the midterms, effectiveness of political ads in the Third District, the midterms in general, the voting process
Trump forgets who he works for.
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November 6, 2018
Readers Write: Post-election thoughts, proposed village for homeless, 'huffing' and roadside deaths, day-care death, 100th anniversary of Armistice Day
A message to the winners.
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November 5, 2018
Readers Write: Election Day, 'keep right, except to pass,' PolyMet approval
"You are a citizen. You vote!"
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November 2, 2018
Readers Write: Immigration, legislative endorsements
Effects of opposing immigration might be personal.
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