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Readers Write (Jan. 2): College football, immigrants/refugees, alcohol in church, Alondra Cano and tweets
Congratulations to the Gophers, but please scale back bloated bowl lineup.
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Readers Write (Jan. 3): Cabin tax, Affordable Care Act and MNsure
Determining a fair rate for seasonal properties.
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Readers Write (Jan. 4): Snow and towing, sugar beets, Bernie Sanders
Minnesotans, get those boots on and take advantage of what you've got.
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Readers Write (Dec. 31): Minnesota's tobacco tax, Black Lives Matter, health insurance, sex offender program, doctor burnout
There's no need to take the tax off autopilot — it's working.
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Readers Write (Dec. 30): Amtrak, MNsure, Islamophobia, Minnehaha Falls
Loss of riders from Twin Cities on Empire Builder is a self-inflicted wound.
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Readers Write (Dec. 29): Black Lives Matter, Islam in Minnesota, health care, light-rail safety, road safety
Not all attention is good attention.
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Readers Write (Dec. 24): Candidates' gifts, Black Lives Matter protest, U tuition, Real ID, Miss Universe mixup
What Santa has in his bag for the presidential candidates.
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Readers Write (Dec. 25): Giving to panhandlers, nonprofit salaries, removing mental health stigma, elephant poaching, Christmas letters
Why not just err on the side of giving a buck or two each time?
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Readers Write (Dec. 26): Successful students, Minnesota higher education, universal health care
Here are several reasons to be proud of young adults.
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Readers Write (Dec. 27): Pedestrian safety, State Capitol art, top jobs at the Minnesota Orchestra and at the U, Christmas column
Distracted walkers? No, motorists are the real problem.
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Readers Write (Dec. 28): Wind energy, pollution, drug discount program, animal welfare, urban-rural divide
A stable policy favors wind energy.
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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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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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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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Readers Write (Dec. 20): "Better Together" series, Obama and ISIL
"Better Together": Don't forget Minnesotans common culture.
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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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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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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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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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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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