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Mary McNamara
Rush Limbaugh died as he lived — dividing America
The notion that conservatives needed a voice was laughable, but that was the argument he made, and it stuck.
Michael Ryan, Kansas City Star (TNS)
With the passing of Rush Limbaugh, conservatism needs new voice like his
It's not enough to hold strong beliefs — or even to be right. You have to sell those views, as he did.
Letters
Readers Write: Education standards, reopening schools, Jan. 6 commission
Learning nothing at all? Ouch.
Editorial
U.S. Bancorp sets an example
The company's initiative on racial equity — but more important, its philosophy — can be a model.
Jamie Long and Nick Frentz
Texan suffering shows value of Minnesota's energy planning
Our state has invested in infrastructure and is connected to a larger grid to prevent outages. Texas is an underinvested energy island.
Texans deserve answers on power crisis
Should power grid be made more resilient to accommodate weather?
Isaac Orr
Minnesota can handle the cold because of fossil fuel power plants
To Minnesotans pushing clean energy : Nuclear power is the only reliable option.
Tom Horner
Texas needs to learn to help itself
Why are the rest of the country's taxpaying citizens again being asked to pay for Texans' low-tax negligence?
Thomas L. Friedman
San Francisco's liberals, Donald Trump's GOP and the deer in my back yard
The problem in each case, literally with the animals and metaphorically with the politicians: A lack of predators.
Patrick B. Pexton, CQ-Roll Call (TNS)
Cybersecurity is not a tech problem, it's a matter of national survival
Like human disease, the attacks do not cease and will not cease.
Stephen Trimble
Restore Utah's national monuments and make the fix permanent
Leaders from that state play the victim over policies in red rock country. But these are federal lands.
Help is nearby for a mental health crisis
Minnesota has joined national suicide prevention network.
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