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In banning adoptions by Americans, Putin looks childish
By EDITORIAL, Scripps Howard News Service December 28, 2012, 02:49 PMThe ban is a cruel blow to many children and U.S.-Russian relations.
Fiscal cliff: Republicans vs. Republicans
By Dick Polman, Philadelphia Inquirer December 28, 2012, 11:03 AMGOP ideologues in the House seem willing to plunge America over the precipice.
A high school diploma shouldn't be a lump of coal
By CHARLIE WEAVER December 27, 2012, 07:47 PMIt's cruel not to prepare Minnesota kids for postsecondary education.
Gun violence and good food
By BLAKE DONLEY December 27, 2012, 08:08 PMLet's fix what we can, giving priority to nourishing the hearts and minds of the next generation.
A senator who championed Native Americans
By LEONARD PRESCOTT December 27, 2012, 07:59 PMSen. Daniel Inouye recognized that there had been 505 treaties between the United States and Native American people throughout history, and that every one of them had been violated.
Rep. Tony Cornish: Schools need firearms
By TONY CORNISH December 27, 2012, 07:22 PMMinnesota state law already allows for armed teachers.
Coffee, please, without the fiscal cliff
By Jonathan Bernstein, Special to the Washington Post December 27, 2012, 01:54 PMIn some places, your Starbuck's cups now come with a message about the fiscal cliff.
The worst Congress ever
By Norman Ornstein, Foreign Policy December 27, 2012, 12:03 PMThere are still a few of days remaining for this Congress to counter that judgment. Don't bet on it.
Freedoms in Myanmar; precious few elsewhere
By STEVE CHAPMAN, Chicago Tribune December 26, 2012, 08:48 PMPower grabs have been the way of the world in 2012.
Give cash subsidy, not a writeoff
By December 26, 2012, 08:46 PMBy all means, the United States should preserve the federal incentive for charitable giving, but we should make one small change.
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