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Optimism in Duluth
By Editorial, Duluth News Tribune January 10, 2015, 06:00 PMYoung people are finding jobs and making a home as city becomes a destination.
Europe: Frail, crotchety, insular
By ARTHUR C. BROOKS January 10, 2015, 06:00 PM… and demographically doomed, unless it discovers that people — including immigrants — are assets.
The Democratic Party nears a dead-end
By Editorial, The Economist January 10, 2015, 06:00 PMIts leader is aloof. Its secondary leaders cannot be said to represent the future. Its prospective leaders are either spectral or insufficient.
Some sure have egg … er, oil on their faces
By D.J. Tice, Star Tribune January 10, 2015, 06:00 PMBut, then, that’s the risk of trying to direct public policy — or just good old public opprobrium, over forces we can’t predict.
Minnesota in 2016: The year the Legislature stays home?
By LORI STURDEVANT, Star Tribune January 10, 2015, 06:00 PMWell, there's talk about it. But maybe a short session is more realistic.
Comprehending terror
By Stephen Carter, Bloomberg View January 10, 2015, 06:00 PMThe terrorist isn’t irrational. Evil, yes; irrational, no. That’s the true lesson that the West keeps refusing to learn.
Comprehending satire
By Ross Douthat, New York Times January 10, 2015, 06:00 PMLet me offer three tentative premises about blasphemy in a free society.
Did the satirists bring it on themselves?
By Ishaan Tharoor, The Washington Post January 09, 2015, 11:31 AMU.S. Catholic group says cartoonists ‘provoked’ slaughter.
Why NYPD cops are turning their backs on the mayor
By STEVE OSBORNE January 08, 2015, 06:00 PMOfficers are angry and demoralized, and De Blasio is salt in these wounds.
FCC needs to support TV innovation
By Editorial, Los Angeles Times January 08, 2015, 07:10 PMDish’s Sling TV should be popular, but only if it’s allowed to compete on a level playing field.
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