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Lawrence R. Jacobs
May 23, 2016
Donald Trump

Wake up and see the Trump card: He can win

The chattering classes have been predicting the candidate's demise for months. Here are 5 reasons why these pundits are still wrong.
Mark Ostrem
May 20, 2016

There's still time for Legislature to fix sentencing reform

We need to get it right: more help for low-level drug offenders and tougher penalties for big dealers.
John Rash
May 20, 2016
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Rash Report: How propaganda propped up China's Cultural Revolution

Posters from a chaotic era depict China's descent into political, cultural calamity.
Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact.com
May 20, 2016
Workers march through downtown Los Angeles on April 14 to demand a nationwide $15-an-hour minimum wage. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times/TNS) ORG X

PolitiFact: Facts few, worries plentiful on $15 minimum wage

It's uncharted, even in terms of estimates about job losses vs. livability gains.
D.J. Tice
May 20, 2016
Theodore Roosevelt delivering another fiery address to a crowd of 50,000 on July 21, 1915. (AP Photo) ORG XMIT: APHS199

A political party crack-up? Change is a constant in politics, too

The rugs on which political parties stand have been pulled repeatedly throughout American history.
Lori Sturdevant
May 20, 2016

Watch that turnover in the Minnesota Legislature

Experience matters, and thus, so does legislator pay.
Ron Way
May 20, 2016
What's the matter with golf today?

What's the matter with golf today?

The game's governing body and traditionalists have stuck with rules and procedures that make it difficult, expensive, time-consuming — unapproachable. There are ways to change that.
Editorial
May 20, 2016

Satellites could aid efforts to address global warming

Space agencies could monitor if countries are honoring Paris accord.
Anne Applebaum, The Washington Post
May 20, 2016
200 dpi 52p x 37p George Migash color illustration of crossed fingers behind the back of a pair of jeans the seat of which is burning symbolic of the

A world without facts

The boom in fact-checking is more a symptom than a cure for an era that doesn't believe in truth, or care about it.
K.B. Brown, Lynn Hoffman and Nyijaah Williams
May 19, 2016

Editorial counterpoint: Paid sick time will serve Minneapolis workers — and businesses

Rehashed downtown talking points ignore the comprehensive process for the ordinance.
Bob Kroll
May 19, 2016

Editorial counterpoint: Really, a 'slowdown'? The facts about cops

City leaders are the ones making it difficult for Minneapolis police.
NORMAN SHERMAN
May 19, 2016
August 28, 1968 SEN. McCARTHY, VICE-PRESIDENT HUMPHREY AND SEN. McGOVERN Together for the first time in months, the three candidates shook hands and s

Lessons from 1968: Bernie Sanders needs to put snide aside

The Democratic challenger's criticisms of Clinton could come back to haunt; they'd be bludgeons out of the mouth of Donald Trump.
Jared Bernstein
May 19, 2016
A worker welds the frame for the 2016 Wildcat X side-by-side vehicle at the Arctic Cat factory in Thief River Falls, Minn., on Sept. 30, 2015. (Leila

Obama's executive actions will work 'overtime' to help the working class

New overtime rule is one of Obama's most progressive and sensible policies -- and Congress never would have done it.
MIKE HICKEY, STEVE BECHER and JIM ARNESON
May 18, 2016
A rendering of the Southwest Light Rail train passing through the Kenilworth Lagoon ORG XMIT: MIN1605131425430376

Counterpoint: Small businesses, in fact, are not on board with Southwest light rail

Unlike bigger businesses, we are more sensitive to sales-tax hikes and prefer cost-effective transit.
Eric W. Kaler
May 18, 2016
The Capitol is still officially closed to the public. ] GLEN STUBBE * gstubbe@startribune.com Thursday, March 3, 2016 With less than a week left befor

Please, legislators, invest in state's infrastructure before it's too late

The University of Minnesota and communities across the state have an urgent need for a bonding bill to be passed in the next few days.
Yvonne Prettner Solon
May 17, 2016
A tour boat on Lake Michigan near downtown Milwaukee, Wis., July 16, 2015. A plan to pump water from nearby Lake Michigan to fix a growing contaminati

Waukesha water diversion: Take all the time needed to weigh revised plan

A revised proposal now under consideration to pump water from Lake Michigan hasn't received the scrutiny it deserves.
Editorial
May 17, 2016

GOP won't stop attacking the Affordable Care Act

And now a federal judge has injected the courts into the fight.
John Freivalds
May 17, 2016
Passengers wait in line to go through the new north security checkpoint at Terminal 1 of Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. ] (Leila Navidi/S

My petition for a shorter airport security line

I have gone through airport security in more than 60 countries, and can say that the TSA uses the least amount of common sense. Here are some ways to fix it.
Dennis Smith
May 17, 2016
Minnesota sample identification card and drivers license. This is a sample provided by the Minnesota department of Public Safety ORG XMIT: MIN15092616

The key thing is to get Real ID done in Minnesota

Although I believe a one-tier driver's license system would be easiest for Minnesotans, I'm willing to accept a two-tiered system in order to make our state compliant.
Jason Dempsey
May 17, 2016
This undated image taken from Twitter shows 16 black, female cadets in uniform with their fists raised while posing for a photograph at the United Sta

West Point cadet photo controversy: It's funny what draws attention

There's a double standard when it comes to what symbols the Army calls offensive.
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