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December 23, 2015
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December 23, 2015
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December 22, 2015
Readers Write (Dec. 23): Miss Universe mixup, Black Lives Matter, St. Paul Central, Blaine holiday concert
Miss Universe mixup was inexcusable.
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December 22, 2015
Readers Write (Dec. 21): The campus environment, Minneapolis schools, MNsure, MnSCU, General Mills, President Obama, Ted Cruz, the season of giving
The campus environment: Are you sitting down? Good ….
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December 21, 2015
Readers Write (Dec. 22): Black Lives Matter, the grand-jury process, the Federal Reserve, the Catholic Church
Insubstantial coverage of a meaningful movement.
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December 18, 2015
Readers Write (Dec. 20): "Better Together" series, Obama and ISIL
"Better Together": Don't forget Minnesotans common culture.
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December 18, 2015
Readers Write (Dec. 19): Adele ticket availability, Timberwolves tickets, universal health care, Donald Trump
It's not the scalpers' fault that tickets sold out in minutes.
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December 17, 2015
Readers Write (Dec. 18): Climate action, St. Paul's Trump vote, Trump's policies
Understand insurance? Then you understand climate action.
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December 16, 2015
Readers Write (Dec. 17): A Guthrie getaway, presidential campaign, Paris climate accord, threats to waterfowl, highway safety
It's a rough world. Get away from it all at the Guthrie.
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December 15, 2015
Readers Write (Dec. 16): Pensions, fossil fuels, health care, Vikings stadium seating
The gutting of pensions: What Rep. John Kline hath wrought.
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December 14, 2015
Readers Write (Dec. 15): St. Paul and Donald Trump, agreeing with Trump, Justice Scalia's comments on race, Mark Zuckerberg's charity, Jamar Clark case, Dayton appointee, school discipline, 'Star Wars' fanaticism
We've sure got some free-speech haters around here, don't we?
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December 12, 2015
Readers Write (Dec. 13): Stanley Hubbard, a divided Minnesota and the 'Better Together' series, 'sister vs. brother' column
Summary of one line goes here and right here.
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December 11, 2015
Readers Write (Dec. 12): Wadena's Nativity scenes, Minneapolis schools' superintendent search, St. Paul Central High, norovirus outbreak, generational neglect
Defiance? Actually, Wadena has found the right balance — religious displays on private properties.
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December 11, 2015
Readers Write (Dec. 14): Justice Antonin Scalia and race, Bernie Sanders, 'Europe's Trumps,' the power of prayer
Scalia's comments on race were not contemplative, just unbecoming.
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December 10, 2015
Readers Write (Dec. 11): Xenophobia, security risks, Donald Trump's policy proposals, hate speech at Vikings game
Xenophobia: The battle inside.
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December 9, 2015
Readers Write (Dec. 9): Hate speech at Vikings game, Donald Trump and Muslims, Excelsior and alcohol
With apologies for a shameful situation.
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December 8, 2015
Readers Write (Dec. 9): Donald Trump, Jerry Falwell Jr., Obama and radical religion, Mary Tyler Moore statue, Vikings stadium and snow
No longer can Donald Trump be taken lightly.
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December 7, 2015
Readers Write (Dec. 8): Obama's address to the nation, technology and security, Minnesota GOP straw poll, medical marijuana
I didn't hear what I'd hoped to hear from the president.
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December 6, 2015
Readers Write (Dec. 7): Football vs. skiing, U spending, sense of community, Applebee's, bike lanes, solar energy
Unlike in skiing or snowboarding, the point in football is to collide.
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