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September 15, 2012 10:00 AM

American students in North Africa wait and watch to see if conflict will spread

An hour's travel away, the U.S. flag is burning.

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September 14, 2012 11:44 AM

The Week in Commentary

A review of the week's commentaries and some of the comments they elicited.

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September 14, 2012 5:00 AM

Why do they risk life and limb for a chance to live here?

To stay at home means certain poverty. To risk the journey means the hope of a better life.

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September 13, 2012 5:00 AM

Nazi Germany really did have prisoners of fashion

In the words of one expert, the dictatorship reached all the way into the sewing box.

by Linda Schulte-Sasse

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September 12, 2012 5:00 AM

Lawn signs have their place, but shouldn't neighbors be talking, too?

Actual conversations might show us that we have something in common.

by Shannon Drury

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September 11, 2012 5:00 AM

For some, showing an ID to vote would be harder than you imagine

I don't think the average Minnesotan has any interest in disenfranchising voters.

by Haddayr Copley-Woods

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September 10, 2012 5:00 AM

It took a walk along the Mississippi to teach this foreign visitor a lesson about life

He briefly joined a walk for breast cancer, and at first didn't understand why it made him cry.

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September 8, 2012 5:00 AM

The Week in Commentary

A summary of the past week's commentaries and some of the comments that arrived in response.

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September 6, 2012 6:00 PM

Why are we so eager to decide another person's guilt or innocence?

From fragments of fact, we build towers of conclusion.

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September 6, 2012 5:00 AM

Even the perception of fraud makes voter ID measure a good idea

Although it may be hard to detect, there is evidence of voter fraud.

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