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Community Voices

Feb 2012
- Thursday, February 9, 2012
  - St. Olaf Choir: Setting a century-long gold standard for choral singing | Philip Brunelle
- Wednesday, February 8, 2012
  - Constitutional contempt: The GOP's rush to amend is out of keeping with traditional Minnesota values | David Schultz
- Tuesday, February 7, 2012
  - Antofagasta didn't do it right in Chile, but says sulfide mining in Minnesota will be different -- trust us | C.A. Arneson
- Monday, February 6, 2012
  - As Minnesota considers a new Vikings stadium, let's consider the value of a team | Clark Griffith
- Friday, February 3, 2012
  - Inspiring models of community engagement in Greater Minnesota | Dane Smith
- Thursday, February 2, 2012
  - A Mill site deserves something unique, special -- and accessible | Kathleen Flynn Peterson and Robert Stanek
- Wednesday, February 1, 2012
  - The high value Americans place on birth control is shown by how many use it | Jane Ahlin
Jan 2012
- Tuesday, January 31, 2012
  - A different tone at the Capitol | Mankato Free Press
- Monday, January 30, 2012
  - Cities and the state should do more to protect the tenants of irresponsible landlords | Eric Hauge
- Friday, January 27, 2012
  - When inequality and injustice abound, why does Archbishop Nienstedt focus so much on the threat of gay marriage? | David Morris
- Thursday, January 26, 2012
  - FTC should block merger of Express Scripts and Medco | David Balto
- Wednesday, January 25, 2012
  - What if presidential candidates traded verbal combat for the trading of creative ideas? Imagine! | Clem J. Nagel
- Tuesday, January 24, 2012
  - Time to reverse course: 'We' are not broke -- and Minnesota can do more to educate our young | Jeff Kolnick
- Monday, January 23, 2012
  - Pipelines like Keystone remain the best way to transport oil and gas | Rolf Westgard
- Friday, January 20, 2012
  - The dark side of cyberspace -- and why I became a perpetual pain to my friends | Myles Spicer
- Thursday, January 19, 2012
  - Seize the opportunity now to upgrade courthouse security | Marna Anderson
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012
  - Dayton's package: A smart bonding proposal for Minnesota | John Van Hecke
  - Remembering King reminds us of the need to confront today's challenges | Melvin W. Carter III
- Tuesday, January 17, 2012
  - Can 'capidgilence' be the next 'yada-yada-yada'? | Michael Fedo
- Monday, January 16, 2012
  - AmeriCorps is getting things done and deserves full congressional support | Jim Scheibel
- Friday, January 13, 2012
  - On early childhood education, Minnesota cannot be complacent | Frank Forsberg, Karen Kelley-Ariwoola and Denise Mayotte
- Thursday, January 12, 2012
  - Today's gender politics: The usual -- plus the previously unthinkable | Mary Stanik
- Wednesday, January 11, 2012
  - Minnesota attorney general should reconsider and join challenge to Obama health-care law | Harry Niska
- Tuesday, January 10, 2012
  - An Iowa-caucus back story -- and a suggestion for improving the process | Chuck Slocum
- Monday, January 9, 2012
  - Dual Credit courses are working, and Minnesota should do more to encourage participation | Paj Ntaub Lee and Joe Nathan
  - Minnesota has put certain tax cuts on autopilot | Conrad deFiebre
- Friday, January 6, 2012
  - St. Paul man's life, death remind us of our need for connection and hope | Andrea Morisette Grazzini
- Thursday, January 5, 2012
  - Lessons from S. Carolina: Minnesota may avoid federal scrutiny, but it shouldn't suppress the vote with ID requirement | Adam Welle
  - Reflecting on the responsibilities of newspapers -- 29 years ago | Charles W. Bailey II
- Wednesday, January 4, 2012
  - 5 stories from 2011 that will keep giving us headaches in 2012 | Tom Horner

Community Voices features opinion pieces from a wide variety of authors and perspectives. MinnPost welcomes submissions on current topics of broad interest in Minnesota. We suggest that they be limited to 800 words.

If you'd like to join the discussion by writing a Community Voices article, email Susan Albright at salbright [at] minnpost [dot] com.

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