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Minneapolis schools' Parent Portal is a winner
By Seth Kirk June 04, 2013, 07:21 PMThe online grade-reporting system is the single greatest thing that the district has done for me as a parent.
Supreme Court: Police may take your DNA
By Emily Bazelon, Slate June 04, 2013, 07:06 PMThe four justices in the minority on a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing a DNA database had the stronger case.
Are Chinese spy ships in U.S. waters?
By John Reed, Foreign Policy June 04, 2013, 06:45 PMSome say they may have already begun sniffing around Guam and Hawaii.
Don't trust U.S. military to end rape
By KIRBY DICK, New York Times June 04, 2013, 06:42 PMThere is a way to stop these predators: We should prosecute and incarcerate them. But here the military fails entirely.
Turkey's authoritarian turn
By SEYLA BENHABIB, New York Times June 04, 2013, 11:06 AMTurkey's prime minister is pursing an authoritarian agenda that many see as an assault on the secular republic that emerged after the fall of the Ottoman Empire.
The Pentagon's clothing addiction
By Chicago Tribune Editorial June 04, 2013, 10:38 AMThe American military went from two types of camouflage uniforms to 10. You might think such a functional, unglamorous item could be handled with a sharp eye on the bottom line.
Republican Party ought to embrace its factions
By Erick Kaardal and Tom Dahlberg June 03, 2013, 07:46 PMLet the Christians, the libertarians, the paleoconservatives, the neoconservatives and the populists be themselves within the framework of a new GOP.
My daughter attended prom with a girl
By Terri M. Adams June 03, 2013, 08:02 PMMy feminist impulses were challenged by my daughter's plan not to include a boy.
European Union is bad for Europe
By Ross Douthat, New York Times June 03, 2013, 07:37 PMThe European experiment threatens the very stability it was mean to achieve.
Why I don't stand for 'God Bless America'
By James P. Marsh Jr., Special to the Washington Post June 03, 2013, 01:34 PMBecause I’m a minister, it might seem odd for me not to stand for “God Bless America,” too. But I sit to stand up for my religious beliefs.
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