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Minnesota pensions: Why do they get bailed out and not you?
By John Widen May 15, 2013, 06:30 PMThe difference between public pension plans and individual retirement accounts is in who’s assumed responsibility for the risk.
Religion and the high cost of marriage
By DAVID BRIGGS May 15, 2013, 01:05 PMThe potential financial costs or benefits are not all that matters in why people decide to get and stay married.
Evangelicals: Love thy immigrant as thyself
By MOLLY WORTHENHOLD, New York Times May 14, 2013, 08:06 PMSome enthusiastic endorsements of the new immigration bill have come from traditional evangelicals.
Gosnell case: What if it happened in Minnesota?
By Teresa S. Collett May 14, 2013, 07:59 PMIt wouldn’t have, because this state lacks the abortion laws to prosecute what he did.
Kermit Gosnell is one of a kind
By William Saletan, Slate May 14, 2013, 07:56 PMOther abortion clinics don’t do what he did to patients or live-born babies.
Obama's second-term scandals
By DANA MILBANK, Washington Post May 14, 2013, 08:03 PMIf the president wants to keep scandals like Benghazi and the IRS from consuming him, he needs to get out ahead of them.
Minnesota's Capitol case for a bonding bill
By Minnesota Matters May 14, 2013, 01:43 PMIf the Legislature fails to fund the next phase, Capitol restoration will stall and the eventual price will climb.
Pakistan election creates new worries for U.S.
By Emily Cadei Foreign Policy May 14, 2013, 01:24 PMNawaz Sharif's track record of ambivalence towards extremists could prove troubling in more nuanced ways.
Congress shouldn't cut food stamps
By New York Times Editorial May 14, 2013, 11:46 AMAllowing cuts in food stamps is the wrong position fiscally and morally.
Angelina Jolie: My medical choice
By Angelina Jolie, Special to the New York Times May 14, 2013, 11:06 AMI made a decision to have a preventive double mastectomy. Here’s why.
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