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July 7, 2012 5:00 AM

The Week in Commentary

A summary of the past week's commentaries and some of the comments they generated.

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July 6, 2012 5:00 AM

Mercury hurts kids, and it comes from mining

Our leaders should be asking hard questions before opening more land to mining.

by C.A. Arneson

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July 5, 2012 5:00 AM

The wilderness is a wilderness, with or without a cell tower

Appeals Court was right to rule that construction near the BWCA can proceed.

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July 4, 2012 5:00 AM

What, to the slave, is the Fourth of July?

More than 10 years before the Emancipation Proclamation, the Abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass delivered an Independence Day speech that remains famous to this day.

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July 3, 2012 5:00 AM

Failure of union vote portends a big shift on the Iron Range

Mining jobs are less plentiful and better paid than they once were. For unions, it's a challenge.

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July 2, 2012 5:00 AM

In the long run, Obama's victory on health care could mean a loss of federal power

For years, the Commerce Clause has been a vital tool in the expansion of federal authority. That may be true no longer.

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June 30, 2012 5:00 AM

The Week in Commentary

A summary of the past week's commentaries and some of the comments they provoked.

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June 28, 2012 10:35 AM

Individual responsibility is more important than any mandate

There's much for everyone to do in the effort to make health care affordable.

by Will Nicholson, M.D.

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June 28, 2012 5:00 AM

Don't expect immigration reform under this president

Obama has shown he's not interested in enforcing the laws we already have.

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June 27, 2012 5:00 AM

Court reaffirms there's good reason immigration is a federal responsibility

Arizona had tried to make civil violations a matter of criminal law.

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