Pro/con: Should US remove oil drilling restrictions?

No: They benefit green energies

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Pro/con: Should US remove oil drilling restrictions?

Yes: We should, but we won’t

• No: They benefit green energies
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Reader's view: Jobs, prosperity don’t come from the government

In his Local View column of Jan. 19 (“For a moral nation, we have a shocking income disparity”), Bernie Hughes blamed income disparity and high unemployment on outsourcing, low taxes, corporate profits, union decline, political contributions, the Internet, software and automation. About the only things he overlooked were high-fat diets and phases of the moon.

Reader's view: Republicans against everything Obama wants

After watching the president’s State of the Union address on Jan. 24, I had to ask: What more do they want?

Reader's view: Gronseth a good selection for Duluth superintendent

The Duluth School Board deserves congratulations for decisively securing Bill Gronseth to serve as the new superintendent for Duluth public schools. This choice was wise from many perspectives (“Duluth School Board moves swiftly, picks Gronseth as superintendent,” Jan. 25).

Reader's view: Flawed Un-Fair Campaign had good intentions

I don’t believe the Un-Fair Campaign was meant to become the fiasco it became.

Our view: Push for U.S.-made steel easy to embrace on right and left

When it comes to supporting Northeastern Minnesota mining, and assuring its future, some of our elected leaders are doing what many may have come to believe was the impossible — or, at least, the very difficult. They’re agreeing and standing together, despite their party-

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Local view: Early planning will ease transition to retirement

Much is being written about retirement. People are delaying retirement because of the Great Recession. There’s continuing economic volatility and uncertainty. Baby Boomers are arriving at age 65 with massive numbers. Life expectancy is increasing, causing retirees to wonder whether their money will last as long they do. Also, there are health-insurance considerations and a myriad of retirement options, including 401(k), pension, Social Security, IRA, 457, 403(b), SEP, SIRA and more.

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Reader's view: Marriage, civil unions are separate customs

As I see it, we have two separate customs being incorrectly combined under one word, “marriage.”

Reader's view: Don’t use tax money to exploit deer for hunters

A Jan. 22 Outdoors-section story started with the words, “Disgruntled Minnesota deer hunters …” (“How many deer are enough?).

Local view: Flawed anti-counterfeiting pact is Big Brother at its worst

As if SOPA was not bad enough. Though that bill and its Senate counterpart, PIPA, were rescinded, thanks to the protests of online activists, a much more potent threat to Internet freedom looms: ACTA.

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Reader's view: Many letter writers’ views are incomprehensible

Our view: Why no arrests after glitter-bombings?

The news release followed the glitter bomb the way glitter bombers seem to be following politicians and candidates these days: right on its heels and with a boasting boldness that suggests a message delivered with harmless, good fun but that also masks an escalating possibility of tragedy.

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Reader's view: Racism neither new nor limited to one group

Reader's view: The killing of wolves will serve no purpose

Stop killing our animals! That’s my response to the news the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has a plan to allow wolf hunting.