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March 12, 2018
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March 9, 2018
Readers Write: MNLARS and enforcement, students and protest, schools and politics, North Korea meeting, University of Minnesota budget
Until MNLARS works, enforcement is inappropriate.
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March 9, 2018
Readers Write: To split or not to split St. Louis County, MNLARS, guns and the Legislature, smoking laws, children and air travel
No further jurisdictions are needed.
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March 8, 2018
Readers Write: Student march on gun laws, movies and culture, the president and the porn star, Dr. John Noseworthy's Mayo Clinic legacy, e-mailing Sens. Klobuchar and Smith, dispute over Duke the dog
We're for real; don't dismiss us.
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March 7, 2018
Readers Write: Kevin Love's message on mental health, feminism and abortion, fashion and sexualization, guns
Thank you to the former Timberwolves forward for speaking up.
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March 6, 2018
Readers Write: Violence in the movies, fashion and sexualization, guns and businesses, tax changes
No hooray for Hollywood.
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March 5, 2018
Readers Write: Air travel, the murky medical system, tariffs, women-only workspaces, representation
Children are collateral of the airlines' bean-counters.
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March 2, 2018
Readers Write: Gun policy, Minnesota Legislature, remedial education
A cultural Tower of Babel.
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March 2, 2018
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Dressing down dressing down, and dressing down the dressing-down.
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Readers Write: Drug pricing, feminism and abortion, feminism and workspaces, Walker Art Center, marijuana's ripple effect, Children's Residential Treatment Center
How murky is that drug-pricing system? Read on.
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March 1, 2018
Readers Write: Airlines, guns and business, the NRA's influence, loss of the Ivey Awards
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March 1, 2018
Readers Write: Gubernatorial candidate Tim Walz and guns, business decisions regarding guns, Minnesota State chancellor search
Keep your eye on the big picture.
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February 27, 2018
Readers Write: Mental health facilities, school shootings, Tim Pawlenty, 3M settlement, Ben Shapiro's speech, writing and editing, Olympics coverage
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February 26, 2018
Readers Write: Garrison Keillor, guns and public safety
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February 23, 2018
Readers Write: Guns and public safety, Minnesota tax policy, the prospective return of Tim Pawlenty, books in the curriculum, history and storytelling
Be there for young people.
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February 23, 2018
Readers Write: Minneapolis 'resilience,' the potential return of Tim Pawlenty, Minnesota tax policy, the women's movement
Where's the significance?
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February 23, 2018
Readers Write: Women in the Olympics, guns and public safety, older workers, clearing the sidewalks
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February 22, 2018
Readers Write: Guns and public safety, elder abuse, Winter Olympics
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February 22, 2018
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February 20, 2018
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