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Hypotheticals: The Met Council edition
Imagine if it had always been an elected body. Would there be less partisan suspicion?
John Rash
Rash Report: NATO 'obsolete'? Minnesota National Guard proves that's not the case
A training exercise takes our soldiers to Lithuania for on-the-ground experience in an area that (one never knows) they might be called upon to defend.
Lori Sturdevant
Can feminism's goals once again be bipartisan?
For women, the economic mission is yet to be accomplished.
Lori Sturdevant
As history shows, political violence is a wicked thief for a democracy
As I saw too many times when young, it steals the public's power to decide.
D.J. Tice
The Yanez jury has done its job; now we must, too
Respect — for verdict, and for pain it causes — is key to community healing.
D.J. Tice
Progressives' new-found love for states' rights
The left, ahem, seems to be coming around to the beauty of local control.
Lori Sturdevant
Minnesota's Supreme Court must come to the rescue
What's at stake in battle between the governor and the Legislature is not just politics, but the state's Constitution.
John Rash
Rash Report: There's consensus on one president, at least
Russian interference in America's democracy should inspire the pursuit of the truth.
D.J. Tice
A panoply of challenges to discourse, and a bright spot locally
Consider, please, the example of three judges who lean left backing one who's solidly on the right.
John Rash
Rash Report: Unity on Manchester, but British divisions define election
On June 8 U.K. voters will decide whether Prime Minister May's "safe pair of hands" will still guide Great Britain.
Lori Sturdevant
A new, problem-solving GOP leader, Paul Gazelka, has been session's bright spot
He's been a fine addition to the State Capitol triumvirate.
Lori Sturdevant
Are visionary Republicans history in our state?
A post-Watergate Minnesota GOP chairman has this advice: If there's chaos in Washington, keep it there. Put on an orderly show in St. Paul.
John Rash
Star Tribune Globe to spin again as world news comes full circle
International news events echo the original unveiling of the globe in 1951.
Lori Sturdevant
Regarding vetoes: Dayton, a former goalie, learns to fully block the net
He used to be resigned to having some unwanted legislation get past him. No more.
John Rash
Comey controversy means difficult diplomacy ahead
For U.S. envoys, a tougher task of projecting America's model of democracy amid disarray at home.
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