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Balancing First Amendment rights at the Great Minnesota Get-Together
Disrupting the Get-Together would do little to aid Black Lives Matter cause.
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Readers Write (Aug. 27): State Fair, prescription painkillers, GMOs, Waukesha and water, school supplies, TV shootings
Here are the top 10 signs that you're a Minnesota State Fair fanatic.
Paula Maccabee
Counterpoint: 'Modern mining' isn't the plan here
Northern Minnesota proposal rejects the best environmental technology as high cost.
Elizabeth Tucker
Counterpoint: I deserve a choice about dying
For 50 years I've fought a painful battle to live. But in the end, it's my decision.
Robert Wager
Counterpoint: Science shows crops are safe — to all but activists
Reservations mislead when consensus and the facts are clear that genetic modification benefits people and the environment.
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Virginia tragedy opens era of social media murder
Motives still unfolding in shooting that reveals the dark side of digital connectedness.
James Hron
Small number of planned debates is bad for Democrats
The party had a better handle on this during the 2008 election cycle. This time, Republicans are in front, and they are getting all the air.
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From hunting to fishing, humans are doing damage as 'super predators'
We've changed the rules of nature's game to survival of the smallest.
Phyllis Kahn
I support GMO labeling, but not for the most-cited reason
The danger isn't to the U.S. consumer, but further up the chain.
John Freivalds
Lawn and order: Against the tyranny of the turf
We can't have yards the way we seem to like them and have pristine waters at the same time.
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Readers Write (Aug. 26): Suicide, addiction, redevelopment, thwarted attack in France
Whose feelings should come first when a suffering patient wishes to die?
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Resurrect a role for citizens in Minnesota's environmental decisionmaking
Dayton sensibly moves to bolster stewardship of natural resources.
John Hannah
Obama's diplomacy is nowhere near on par with Reagan's
The difference? Nuclear deals consistent with America's red lines.
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