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Letters
Readers Write (May 3): Opioids, recycling, Shakespeare and today's politics
A spotlight is needed on opioid-related deaths. Alcohol-related ones, too.
Michele Maiers
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In Minnesota, standards for massage therapy and other body work are overdue
The work is important, as are consistent expectations. However, we've fallen behind.
Jack B. Osborn
Lincoln hadn't. Prince hadn't. Have you? (Made a will.)
It's easy to procrastinate — to avoid making crucial decisions — but know that the planning will pay off.
Editorial
For Minnesotans, plenty to cheer for in Olympic women's basketball
Minnesota Lynx players make up one-third of team headed to Brazil.
Mark Buchanan Bloomberg View
Climate change: The psychology of inaction
Future threats are a mental blind spot for us — and they always have been — but there are ways to get around that.
Jonathan Bernstein, Bloomberg View
Letters
Readers Write (May 2): Remembering Prince, commemorating Prince, demonizing marijuana
Prince's unique style meant more than music. It was inspiration.
Peter Colin
Editorial counterpoint: Whoa, think again about Paisley Park as a Prince mecca
Does Chanhassen compare to the Memphis of Elvis' Graceland?
Ken Klippen
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Counterpoint: The downside of cage-free eggs
Many farmers know the "humane economy" results in more chicken deaths, lower quality.
Editorial
Trump's foreign relations philosophy sounds like scene from 'The Apprentice'
If his many demands aren't met, he'll simply walk away.
Letters
Readers Write (April 30): Labor policies, coverage of Prince's death, transgender accommodations, problems and opportunities in housing
There's no reason not to have a minimum standard on paid sick leave.
Cartoons
Editorial
Clear the air for vets on threat posed by Iraq, Afghanistan burn pits
Klobuchar legislation would create center to study smoke hazards.
Liz Fedor
A closed presidential primary would violate Minnesota voters' privacy
Party affiliations would be required and the voter lists would be public.
Editorial
U.S. Senate needs a science lesson
Burning wood as biomass is not without consequence.
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