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Lori Sturdevant
January 6, 2017
The Minnesota State Capitol gets ready for the 2017 legislative session January 3 after years of renovation and a $300 million makeover. ] GLEN STUBBE

State Capitol grandeur, glad you're back

When you were out of commission for updates, things didn't always go well.
D.J. Tice
January 6, 2017

Something's right in the world today

Don't know what it is? Start with "Our World in Data." Things are looking up.
John Rash
December 30, 2016
President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe participate in a wreath laying ceremony at the USS Arizona Memorial, part of the World W

Rash Report: Past is prologue in cultural and news narratives

The 2016 election, enduring world conflicts, a new Pew poll, and the compelling film "Jackie" all prove William Faulkner prescient.
Lori Sturdevant
December 16, 2016

Thoughts for a time of political transition

Who's leaving the scene and what lies ahead.
D.J. Tice
December 16, 2016

Putting my 64 years end to end – and seeing what I missed

Putting my 64 years end to end — and seeing what I missed.
John Rash
December 16, 2016
The tomb of Fidel Castro at the Cemeterio Santa Ifigenia in Santiago de Cuba on December 4, 2016. (Al Diaz/Miami Herald/TNS) ORG XMIT: MIN201612151549

Rash Report: As with Fidel, media freedoms elusive under Raul Castro

Further engagement, not renewed estrangement, is still the best U.S. strategy.
D.J. Tice
December 9, 2016

It's empirical: Americans just don't trust science

A study of those views, with ideology factored in.
Lori Sturdevant
December 9, 2016

Minnesota: Where 'nobody gets a special deal'

Our state isn't like other places when it comes to politics. Here, self-dealing is self-destruction.
John Rash
December 2, 2016
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Rugby player Gareth Thomas in a Guinness Beer ad that is part of the British Arrows Awards now screening at the Walker Art Cen

Rash Report: Brexit not an exit of U.K. creativity

The British Arrows Awards, now screening at the Walker, show Britain's international cultural impact.
D.J. Tice
December 2, 2016

Unions and sound policing: New evidence of an old obstacle

Police chiefs, sheriffs get overruled on disciplinary actions.
Lori Sturdevant
December 2, 2016

Voters do worry that billionaires buy elections

Trump, unbeholden to big money? Just a wish.
John Rash
November 26, 2016
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau greets members of a Syrian refugee family during Canada Day celebrations on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa on Friday, July 1

Rash Report: A Canadian view of America's election

In Winnipeg, expressions of concern, insight and affection for America's turbulent politics.
Lori Sturdevant
November 23, 2016
Minnesota Farmer's Union president Doug Peterson, right, and vice president Gary Wertish talk about the new headquarters, a 15,000 square-foot-space t

Neglected: The path to winning rural Minnesota votes

Some of state's best historical ideas for achieving equity remain the best way forward.
Lori Sturdevant
November 18, 2016

Greater MSP and the talent pool: A mission to ease the election's ills

Coming together for our region's future is still a highly relevant goal.
D.J. Tice
November 18, 2016
A voter is reflected in glass at a voting site in this file photo.

The Electoral College still gets my vote

Another conflict with the popular vote gives me pause, but what's better?
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