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Letters
February 17, 2017
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Copenhagen, Denmark - April 15th, 2011: Senior couple strolling through the pedestrianised Stroget shopping district past locals relax

Readers Write (Feb. 19): Nicollet Mall, Planned Parenthood rally, U.S. Bank stadium, University of Minnesota regents and gender

Trouble in a pedestrian paradise.
Editorial
February 17, 2017
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Congress should initially focus on short-term fixes for ACA

While weighing overhaul, ensure consumers can buy coverage next fall.
Editorial, Duluth News Tribune
February 17, 2017

MN Legislature should pre-empt cities on benefit mandates

A patchwork approach would hurt businesses across the state.
Gretchen Musicant
February 17, 2017

Repeal of ACA would imperil a little-known part with a huge impact

The Prevention and Public Health Fund helps communities prevent disease, not just treat it, and address other key health issues.
Letters
February 17, 2017
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Readers Write (Feb. 20): Politicians, citizens and partisanship, telephone town halls, 'Day Without Immigrants,' inclusiveness and sensitivity

We have to make them find the middle.
Editorial
February 17, 2017
U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House on Wednesd

Two-state solution still best bet for Mideast peace

Trump is right to prioritize peace but should embrace bipartisan policy.
John Kass
February 17, 2017

Where's the liberal outrage over civil liberties in the Flynn case?

Flynn deserved his fate. But liberal Democrats, who long condemned Deep State surveillance, are happy, showing it's really all about power.
Mike Tikkanen
February 17, 2017
A photograph of Eric Dean with his arm broken was an exhibit presented as evidence by the prosecution during the May 2014 trial of Amanda Peltier in t

Painful as it is, Eric Dean lawsuit could help lift secrecy shrouding child abuse

If the suit over the boy's death increases transparency, it could help curb future horrors.
Letters
February 17, 2017
Reporters raise their hands as President Donald Trump fields questions during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thu

Readers Write (Feb. 18): The president's news conference, stadium suite fallout, school discipline legislation, health insurance, legislators' behavior

It's a mess, all right.
Editorial
February 17, 2017
Just under the new US Bank Stadium, the new, much-debated Commons park opened to little fanfare. But the people's park is turning out to be much bette

There's no time to waste in finding new leader for U.S. Bank Stadium

Super Bowl preparations require search for executive to move quickly.
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February 17, 2017
The Golden Gate Bridge at night, with San Francisco in the distance, is seen from Battery Spencer near the Marin Headlands of Marin County, Calif. Pho

California has no more right to secede than the Confederacy did

'Calexit' has no logic or legitimacy, period.
Cartoons
February 16, 2017
Sack cartoon: Kim Jong Un — family man

Sack cartoon: Kim Jong Un — family man

Letters
February 16, 2017
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Readers Write (Feb. 17): Countering violent extremism; Trump's team, Russia, and Democratic comparisons; partisanship on the environment; U.S. Rep. Jason Lewis' availability

Pat Schaffer
February 16, 2017
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Contract law practices aren't a suitable model for surrogacy

As the state weighs legislation in this area, it must carefully consider ethical ramifications.
Willard B. Shapira
February 16, 2017
New England Patriots' Tom Brady holds up the Vince Lombardi Trophy after winning the NFL Super Bowl 51 football game against the Atlanta Falcons, Sund

Here's an idea to make the Minneapolis Super Bowl yuge, really yuge

Let's invite President Trump to do the coin toss, and a whole lot more. You think I'm kidding?

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