Local View: Don't end-run the law to allow mining near the Boundary Waters

Local View: Don't end-run the law to allow mining near the Boundary Waters

To function as a society, we establish rules that allow us to live in reasonable safety and with an understanding of boundaries: traffic laws, building safety codes, regulations for food and medicine, environmental laws, and so forth. A bedrock principle is that the rules apply equally to everyone. Some professional athletes have a history of severe traffic-law violations, including DUIs and driving on public highways at ridiculously high speeds…