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Opinion

Wildfire smoke signals growing climate crisis

Community Voices

Recently, a number of Republican members of Congress, including Minnesota Representatives Tom Emmer, Brad Finstad, Michelle Fischbach and Pete Stauber, sent a letter to the Canadian government, alleging that its poor forest management practices are responsible for out-of-control wildfires and ...

Looking at empathy

Community Voices

The word empathy is used a lot. Sometimes it is confused with sympathy, but they are different. When you feel sympathy for somebody those are your feelings, experienced by you. Sympathy involves what you feel when you witness another person’s suffering or terrible misfortune. You may feel ...

No need to meet bold carbon free goals

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: This is in response to the 8-8-2025 ‘Nuclear power: Facts and myths.’ Under the notation, ‘Small Footprint, Big Results.’ I learned that one nuclear plant on 103 acres of land can put out as much power as a wind installation that would require 17,800 acres or, a ...

Take responsibility, vote

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: We are about 15 months away from, hopefully, a monumental change in the citizens representation in St Paul. Rational and “legal” citizens must take their duty responsibly, as they go to the polls to cast their vote. There are opportunities other than voting, however, to ...

Convicted felon Trump is no war hero

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: Breaking news: Trump has declared himself a war hero. The guy that received six deferments, one of which was for bone spurs to get out of the draft. The war hero is sending in the national guard to the District of Columbia because of all the crime, but he didn’t do a thing on ...