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Chris Sprigman and Mark Lemley
June 22, 2016

'Notice and takedown': The right copyright law at the right time

Let's save it from changes that could break the internet.
Mohammed A. Malik
June 21, 2016
Omar Mateen killed 49 people and injured 53 others inside the Pulse nightclub in Orland on June 12.

The Omar Mateen I knew (and reported to the FBI)

Donald Trump is wrong that we Muslims don't do our part.
Monte Bute
June 21, 2016
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Is MnSCU (as it's been known) 'too big to fail'?

The numbers say it's an ailing behemoth. Its management is engaged in some peculiar responses. (Such as desperate rebranding.)
Editorial
June 21, 2016

Sensing an election-year evasion on pensions

Treasury's rejection of plan for Central States leaves no alternative.
Stu Bykofsky, Philadelphia Daily News (TNS)
June 21, 2016
From left: Colin Goddard, of Everytown for Gun Safety, Erica Smegielski, daughter of slain Sandy Hook Elementary School principal Dawn Hochsprung, and

The Senate's failed gun measures, assessed by (your words) a 'gun nut'

Like me, most gun owners favor reasonable controls — but not everything is a good idea.
Narayana Kocherlakota, Bloomberg View
June 21, 2016
Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen testified before the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday, June 21, 2016. Yellen said the U.S. economy faces a nu

Kocherlakota: The Fed gets real, but not real enough

Even rate-hike advocate James Bullard has dialed it back. But, really, the economy's risks call for rate reduction.
Michael Nesset
June 20, 2016
The cellist, the street person and me

The cellist, the street person and me

Privileged or not, all of us are a sum of our experiences — and we're all engaged in the pursuit of putting the pieces together.
Editorial, Duluth News Tribune
June 20, 2016

After caucus crowding, Legislature sets up improved hybrid system

Minnesotans will be able to vote in presidential primary in 2020.
Sean White
June 20, 2016
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Counterpoint: Guns, civics and suspicion

What really holds back action on big issues like gun control? A lack of trust in government.
Sarah Bridges
June 20, 2016
This image released by Warner Bros. Entertainment shows Emilia Clarke, left, and Sam Claflin in a scene from "Me Before You." (Alex Bailey/Warner Bros

Disabilities: How 'Me Before You' gets the message all wrong

I struggled after my son's brain injury, but I grew to realize that his life was not just a skimpy version of mine.
Jared Bernstein
June 20, 2016
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Lies and statistics: Which do you suppose wins without research?

Pernicious attempts to undermine fact-finding are actually more worrisome than prevarication itself.
Suzanne Nossel
June 20, 2016
FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2008, file photo, then-President-elect Barack Obama, left, stands with then-Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., after announci

Hillary Clinton and the art of losing

Her rebound from her 2008 campaign loss holds lessons for anyone faced with coming back from a harsh setback.
Thomas Johnson
June 18, 2016
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School's out. Now, for a summer before a mind-dimming smartphone.

Kids will spend more time interacting with electronic devices than on any other activity besides sleep, and they'll be the worse for it — and they won't let go unless you make them.
Phyllis Kahn
June 17, 2016

Counterpoint: Pension returns should be a focus as well

They're two-thirds of the equation, and Minnesota is underperforming.
Eliot Seide
June 17, 2016

Counterpoint: On public pensions, the sky isn't falling

There's no reason for Minnesota taxpayers to panic or for public workers to be punished.
John Rash
June 17, 2016
Outside the Dadaab refugee camp in eastern Kenya, a Somali boy waited to collect water. Kenya has threatened to close the camp, the world’s lar

Rash Report: Pressure is needed to keep Kenyan refugee camp open

State's congressional delegation, Somali citizens among many advocating for Dadaab.
Editorial, Duluth News Tribune
June 17, 2016

Americans should demand that 9/11 documents be declassified

Minnesota's Rep. Nolan is to be applauded for transparency push.
C. Eugene Emery Jr., PolitiFact
June 17, 2016
PolitiFact: Is it easy for a suspected terrorist to get a gun?

PolitiFact: Is it easy for a suspected terrorist to get a gun?

Gun shop data cited by a senator are correct, with caveats.
Lynda McDonnell
June 17, 2016

A hospital stint is a window into U.S. immigration

Their efforts and their stories counter Trump's message.
Michael Paymar
June 17, 2016

Gun control: A personal tale of how Minnesota legislation failed

This was after Sandy Hook. Sentiments faded, and lobbyist influence took hold.

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