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Jon Oleson
Where is patriotism found? In everyday dedication
If we merely display our feelings for the red, white and blue, it's not enough.
Ruth DeFoster
Finding purpose in America: Be decent. Be earnest. Don't lose your capacity for shock and sorrow.
We cannot become desensitized if we are going to reclaim our democracy.
Bonnie Blodgett
St. Paul's waste-bin blues
The city's need for simpler collection keeps hitting obstacles. This leads a person to ponder other kinds of consolidation.
Joe Nocera
How Lee Iacocca created the celebrity CEO, for better or worse
He made it OK for a chief executive not just to gain fame, but to desire it.
Editorial
The robocall scourge keeps growing
Authorities keep trying to crack down, but with little progress.
Adam Minter
The unbanked don't need Facebook's money
The social-media company is entering well-trod territory and is unlikely to be welcomed.
Letters
Readers Write: Trump's July 4th celebration, border crisis, mining, U.S. women's soccer
Our freedom resembles oppression.
Editorial
Creating new paths to higher education
Minnesota State is doing more to help prepare high school kids to succeed in the system's schools.
Letters
Editorial
A recommitment to American tolerance, equality
On this July 4th, as in 1939, the nation's founding principles and freedoms are under attack.
Dick Schwartz
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How I came to love small-town life on the Fourth of July
On this holiday, there was plenty for a newcomer to take in.
Andrew Offenburger
Historical siblings: Minnesota and Matabeleland
Lessons about this state's frontier ambitions can be found in a native son's imperial exploits in Africa.
Stephanie Wilkinson
Value divisions now play out in U.S. restaurants, too
The real hospitality code comes down to a simple if paradoxical statement: All are welcome. Terms and conditions apply.
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