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    April 20, 2018
    Editorial: Don a little safety with the dress or tuxedo
    High school prom. The big dance. Seen by some as a must-do event in the step from childhood to adulthood, the annual spring ritual is upon us....
    opinion/editorialsApril 20, 2018 - 7:49am
    April 3, 2018
    Editorial: Don't race ahead with self-driving cars
    Uber suspended its trials of all self-driving vehicles nationwide after the recent pedestrian death in Tempe, Arizona, but the push toward driverless...
    opinion/editorialsApril 3, 2018 - 6:00am
    March 15, 2018
    Editorial: Light the way for democracy
    This is Sunshine Week, the seven days each year since 2005 when people who believe in transparent, accountable government draw special attention...
    opinion/editorialsMarch 15, 2018 - 8:00pm
    March 11, 2018
    Editorial: Time for lawmakers to crack down on phone use while driving
    How annoying. The driver ahead slows down to 40 mph, then suddenly races ahead before lazily switching lanes with no warning two minutes later....
    opinion/editorialsMarch 11, 2018 - 4:43am
    March 8, 2018
    Editorial: Shame on us
    Yes, you read the headline correctly — shame on us. We (the newspaper industry) have done a terrible job throughout the decades of informing readers, audience members, business leaders, community leaders, elected officials and citizens about how our business operates. Now,...
    opinion/editorialsMarch 8, 2018 - 3:00pm
    February 19, 2018
    Editorial: A free press, not a free-for-all
    The First Amendment protects people's right to say hateful things — including hurtful and false words about minorities, religious groups,...
    opinion/editorialsFebruary 19, 2018 - 7:49am
    February 7, 2018
    Editorial: District 54 race redefines 'special'
    Special elections typically don't garner much attention — sometimes even with local voters. That's because such most elections carry no...
    opinion/editorialsFebruary 7, 2018 - 6:55pm
    February 2, 2018
    Editorial: Stepping out of my comfort zone
    Eventually, you have to grow up. Up to this point, my whole professional life has revolved around sports. The "toy department" in journalism...
    opinion/editorialsFebruary 2, 2018 - 10:00pm
    January 19, 2018
    Editorial: By all indications, we're good and could be better
    Families living in the upper Midwest should be feeling pretty good — subzero weather and all. The cold, hard truth — when you look...
    opinion/editorialsJanuary 19, 2018 - 2:12pm
    January 12, 2018
    Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, speaks at a convention in San Francisco, April 30. Copyright 2018 New York Times
    If you’re using Facebook to find your news, you’re going to be seeing less of us
    If you get your news using Facebook, you deserve to know that the social media platform is changing the way it delivers that information to you....
    opinion/editorialsJanuary 12, 2018 - 4:15pm
    November 9, 2017
    Editorial: Veterans have earned twice the thanks
    You'll go to bed Friday night and wake Saturday as you did today, living in a free land. You can thank every veteran — from those determined...
    opinion/editorialsNovember 9, 2017 - 10:00pm
    October 12, 2017
    Editorial: Expect that school bus to stop
    Minnesota and Wisconsin state laws require vehicles to stop for school buses when the bus driver activates the flashing lights and has the crossing...
    opinion/editorialsOctober 12, 2017 - 10:00pm
    October 1, 2017
    Editorial: Don't turn harvest into a road tragedy
    Midwest gold is flowing. We refer to corn. Farmers and custom-combine professionals are hard at work harvesting 2017's bounty. This means motorists...
    opinion/editorialsOctober 1, 2017 - 5:33pm
    September 24, 2017
    Editorial: No more 'one for the road'
    Again and again people make the wrong choice. They have two, three, four drinks too many and then get behind the wheel. In Minnesota, 41 percent...
    opinion/editorialsSeptember 24, 2017 - 11:00am
    August 30, 2017
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    Editorial: The continuing need for vaccinations is clear
    The region's measles outbreak ended just in time as thousands upon thousands of children return to classrooms and young adults head to college....
    opinion/editorialsAugust 30, 2017 - 7:13pm
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