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Storms, from hurricanes to derechos.
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October 7, 2016
Readers Write (Oct. 9): Minnesota's rivers, millennial voters, nuclear weapons
Land transformation affects the Mississippi.
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October 7, 2016
Readers Write (Oct. 10): Constitutional amendment on legislative pay, immigrants and public housing, Russia, the Clintons' marriage, traffic
Reject change on legislative pay.
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October 6, 2016
Readers Write (Oct. 7): The edge of aging, health insurance in Minnesota, Wells Fargo, Allina nurses, bumper stickers, Mall of America
Expect the predictions to be wrong.
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October 5, 2016
Readers Write (Oct. 6): Vice presidential debate, nurses' strike, health insurance costs, Minneapolis crime, free speech at U, Hurricane Matthew
Tuesday's vice presidential debate was refreshing, for a change.
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October 4, 2016
Readers Write (Oct. 5): Minnesota's rivers, Allina nurses' strike, Minneapolis crime, voting, fossil fuels
The trends in water health must be changed.
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October 3, 2016
Readers Write (Oct. 4): Health care, Donald Trump's taxes, Ryder Cup and Hazeltine
The health insurance exchange model has failed.
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October 2, 2016
Readers Write (Oct. 1): Ryder Cup, Allina nurses' strike, Trump and taxes, campaign finance update, guns and terror
Really, you must see things to believe them.
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September 30, 2016
Readers Write (Oct. 2): Race and brain drain, sexual assault on campus, third parties, chronic pain
There's a broader chill for transplants, workers in general.
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September 30, 2016
Readers Write (Oct. 3): Flu vaccine, income taxes, lone-wolf attacks, flags at half-staff, public housing, Wells Fargo, Minnesota Orchestra
'OUCH!' my … well, get the shot.
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September 29, 2016
Readers Write (Sept. 30): Politics and transportation, suing Saudi Arabia, what Trump should have said
Anoka County commuters have it worst.
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September 28, 2016
Readers Write (Sept. 29): Restaurant etiquette, gun violence, presidential debate, media bias, Wells Fargo
As a hostess, I have to deal with the "hangry."
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September 27, 2016
Readers Write (Sept. 28): Clinton-Trump first presidential debate, Arnold Palmer
For Trump, that was a little too much congratulating.
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September 26, 2016
Readers Write (Sept. 27): Michelle Obama and George W. Bush, Allina strike, 'apology tour,' Alondra Cano, floods, professionals of color
Photo of a hug brings home the point of simple decency.
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September 25, 2016
Readers Write (Sept. 26): U.S. Bank Stadium vs. Lambeau Field, presidential debate, BWCA trail, white-collar crime
The visitor's tour experience, well, just doesn't compare.
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September 24, 2016
Readers Write (Sept. 25): Donald Trump, Super PAC ad, Allina ad, hate crimes
Commentary on "The value of Trump" was magical thinking.
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September 23, 2016
Readers Write (Sept. 24): Police-involved shootings, CNN, President Obama, distracted driving, Friday night lights, taking a knee
Put our technological know-how to work on a solution.
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September 22, 2016
Readers Write (Sept. 23): National anthem, write-in candidates, prescription drug prices, cellphones, good guys with guns
With high schoolers joining in, a teachable moment.
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September 21, 2016
Readers Write (Sept. 22): Wells Fargo, guns, police-involved shootings, Donald Trump, losing a child
Congress, banking company share the blame this time.
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September 20, 2016
Readers Write (Sept. 21): Distracted driving, presidential politics, state Supreme Court race, St. Cloud stabbings, e-assist bikes
It's time to ban cellphone use behind the wheel.
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