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10/07Commentary Collection: Minnesota's statewide smoking ban
What is your take on the statewide smoking ban?
05/07
Perspectives: Higher Gas Prices
Will you be making any changes because of rising gas prices?
04/07
Perspectives: High School Experiences
How did your high school experience prepare you for the rest of your life?
04/07
Remembering the 1997 Red River Flood
Share your experience and perspective on the 1997 Red River Flood
04/07
Toxic Traces Revisited
Has the discovery of perfluorochemicals in drinking water in several east Metro communities touched your family?
12/06
Perspectives: Defining design
How does design affect your work, purchases, and life in general? What is design? What are examples of good design, or bad design?
09/27/06
Homework: A burden or learning tool?
How much homework is too much?
03/20/06
Growing Up Indian
Read and share your experiences of growing up Indian.
03/06/06
Memories of Kirby Puckett
Read and share your memories of former Minnesota Twins player Kirby Puckett.
11/03/05
Pie making memoirs, tips, and recipes
"The more of this [Golden Rhubarb Custard Pie] in the world, the better."
10/18/05
Rank your rights
"We have to accept that defending our rights includes defending the rights of others with whom we may not agree."
03/21/05
School Shootings at Red Lake
"I wept bitterly at the loss of innocent life and for the survivors of this terrible event."
09/13/04
Whose recovery is it?
Read and contribute commentaries about the economic recovery.
08/09/04
The "n" word
Read and contribute commentaries about the impact of the "n" word.
Commentaries
| From | May 12, 2008 |
| Get ready for expensive electricity, blackouts | |
| Global warming? Where? | |
| From | May 09, 2008 |
| Life on the farm at the Ah-Gwah-Ching Center | |
| Why rush opening the 35W bridge? | |
| From | May 08, 2008 |
| A little Mother's Day advice | |
| Tuition hikes and wasting money | |
| From | May 07, 2008 |
| Our own streetcar story | |
| McCain has a point about spending | |
| From | May 06, 2008 |
| Your college education is what you make it | |
| From | May 05, 2008 |
| Funding sex education in schools | |
| Sex education is necessary | |
| From | May 02, 2008 |
| Has Grand Theft Auto added to the quality of our lives? | |
| From | May 01, 2008 |
| Are credit offers ethical? | |
| Why are we so surprised by the oil crisis? |
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