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Readers Write: School shootings, distracted-driving legislation, white privilege
A teacher's perspective on school shootings.
Josh Berg
Counterpoint: Most elder care in Minnesota is good, and helpful improvements can't be rushed
Star Tribune coverage of this topic seems meant to scare people and sell papers. Instead, let's do meaningful, collaborative work.
JacLynn Herron
Minnesota Legislature's inaction on elder care triggers nursing home flashbacks
As it was in my mother's care setting, it was at the Legislature: people with good intentions, burdened by obstacles, failing to make substantive improvements.
Fritz Corrigan
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Mosaic's departure is a wake-up call for Minnesota
Counterpoint: The company is leaving a wintry, high-tax state for Florida's warmer, friendlier business climate. Don't delude yourselves. This is a big deal.
Matthew Miller
Rod Rosenstein's dangerous gamble
In the hope of preserving the Russia probe, the deputy attorney general surrendered ground to President Donald Trump, who is severely testing the limits of interference.
Letters
John Kass, Tribune Content Agency
School shootings: It's the culture, but that doesn't mean we should be completely hands-off about guns
We need a multifaceted response. It includes gun restrictions on the mentally ill. It includes strategic efforts in schools. And it includes values.
Editorial
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Failure to bargain mars 2018 Minnesota legislative session
Unwillingness to strike bipartisan accords puts major bills at risk.
Editorial, Mankato Free Press
As sports gambling gets easier, the number of losers will grow
States should recognize the risks after U.S. Supreme Court decision.
Letters
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Stephen B. Young
Thoughts about white privilege after Harry Windsor
Social class, skin tone, gender — these are only part of who we are. The rest is up to us. It's not beyond our control.
Noah Smith, Bloomberg News (TNS)
Ignore the myth about that stingy U.S. social safety net
Our welfare state is more robust than most realize. It's effective and stronger than in the past. But it's still inadequate.
John Rash
Rash Report: Will the U.S. and China get ensnared in 'Thucydides's Trap'?
In a provocative book, Harvard scholar Graham Allison examines if the two countries are "Destined for War."
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