Letter of the Day (Nov. 16): The week in review

The news illuminates a few ongoing dichotomies.

November 16, 2013 at 12:30AM
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Takeaways of the week:

• Pigeons banned — guns legal.

• Thanksgiving irrelevant — shopping essential.

• Orchestra superfluous — football crucial.

• Universal health care a fantasy — sickness apparently optional.

JANET GRABER, Burnsville
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