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This article appeared in the September 29, 2008 edition of The Nation.

September 9, 2008

The Evil Twin Gets the Credit, Again

St. Paul, Minn.

OK, I know you'll get hundreds of letters about this, but those of us who live in St. Paul get pretty irate when the media say something happening here is in Minneapolis, as does your lead editorial "We'll Take It From Here" [Sept. 15]. We are two very different cities. The Republican National Convention was in St. Paul, Minnesota. The March on the RNC was in St. Paul, Minnesota. St. Paul is the capital of Minnesota. Minneapolis is across the Mississippi River--a nice place to visit, but...

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About Christian Parenti

Christian Parenti, a frequent contributor to The Nation on international affairs, is the author of The Freedom: Shadows and Hallucinations in Occupied Iraq (New Press). more...
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