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John Rash
August 17, 2019
Protesters surround banners that read: "Those charge to the street on today is brave!," center top, and "Release all the detainees!" during a sit-in r

Rash Report: Dissent seen despite rise of autocratic age

In Hong Kong, Moscow and elsewhere, a citizen-led counternarrative, though not yet a counterrevolution, to repressive regimes.
D.J. Tice
August 16, 2019
Attorney General Eric Holder spoke at the U.S. Justice Department in 2015 to discuss the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., in 2014. Ha

'Murder,' they tweeted, falsely, seeking office

The Democrats find grist in the Ferguson story, but not the whole story.
D.J. Tice
August 9, 2019
** FILE ** Then first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, holding a copy of the Clinton health-care plan, kicks off a three-state sales campaign during a vis

D.J. Tice: Beware the side effects of health care policy

History and a new study show the trade-offs, but politicos can't resist the allure of big promises.
John Rash
August 2, 2019
In a two-photo combination, candidates take the stage before the start of the Democratic presidential debates hosted by CNN at the Fox Theatre in Detr

Rash Report: Debates focused on the wrong kind of conflict

CNN should have focused more on foreign policy and had candidates answer more profound questions about war and diplomacy.
D.J. Tice
August 2, 2019
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., listens to former Vice President Joe Biden during the second of two Democratic presidential primary debates hosted by CNN We

Crime laws didn't form in a vacuum — as I can attest

Now-detested policies were a response, people seem to forget.
John Rash
July 19, 2019
A photo provided by NASA shows Earth as seen from the Apollo 11 lunar mission in July 1969. Could a Òmoon shotÓ for climate change cool a wa

Rash Report: Moonshot showed America at its best

Political and social strife was omnipresent 50 years ago, too, but the country did not let it eclipse its mission and achievement.
D.J. Tice
July 19, 2019
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio

How about an inequality debate based on data?

Useful context from the Congressional Budget Office.
D.J. Tice
July 15, 2019
St. Paul Police Chief Todd Axtell announced the firing of five police officers for failing to intervene in an assault last year.

Arbitration win rate for fired cops, if you stop to think about it, is high

Nearly half of fired cops are reinstated. That's not alarming?
John Rash
July 12, 2019
Two groups of incredible women, three decades apart. Left, the crew on board the Maiden led by Tracy Edwards (far left). Right, Megan Rapinoe holds th

Rash Report: Women's sports soar in 'Maiden' and World Cup

New documentary on the first female crew in a round-the-world race and soccer team's win give context to ongoing fight for equality.
Lori Sturdevant
July 5, 2019
Duluth's experience requesting a sales tax boost is informative.

How cities raise money in modern-era Minnesota

Things aren't as rough as they were, but the state-local partnership needs a tuneup.
John Rash
June 28, 2019
President Donald Trump shakes hands with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia while posing with other world leaders for a group photo at t

Rash Report: The geopolitics of the G-20 — and the D-20 — agendas

The formal agenda at the summit of world leaders in Osaka and the top topics at the Democratic candidate debates in Miami were revealing.
Lori Sturdevant
June 24, 2019
Electric car sign, charging station, green sign painted on street. Electric vehicle sign with car and plug, uploading place.

On clean energy, 'just say no' is turning into a political no-no

It's a good way to lose elections, based on the evidence from, say, western Minnesota.
D.J. Tice
June 21, 2019

Why my shocking fender bill might be a good thing for the economy

What a repair suggests about health care, education costs.
John Rash
June 21, 2019
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, prepares to shake hands with South Korean President Moon Jae-in over the military demarcation line at the borde

Rash Report: 'Peace,' remembrance of the Korean War

In Korea, a lifetime's uneasy truce hasn't erased hopes for a true end to hostilities or reduced the importance of America's role.
D.J. Tice
June 10, 2019
Marines marching in Danang - THE VIETNAM WAR
PBS

A worthy reprint for a distinctive thinker

David Pence, a Mankato physician and teacher, was a tireless voice for Truth as he knew it — and he reckoned with a truth of his own.
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