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Greg Davids and Paul Torkelson
Counterpoint: Dayton chooses light rail over some pretty good legislation
Good leaders would direct their attention to where they can help, not to where they'll meet head-on with unaddressed costs and litigation.
James Stavridis, Foreign Policy
We need to be ready for 21st-century biology
We can see the challenges of responding to superbugs like Ebola and Zika. Now imagine them turned into weapons.
Michael Printy Arthur
Progressives should give Trump a fair look on trade, immigration
Especially if they want to do right for Mexico's least fortunate.
Ruth Wood
Your brain on steroids: A bigger problem than we know
A typical user is not necessarily an Olympian, and consequences abound.
Dean Burnett
Your brain on drugs, revisited and revised
The fried-egg metaphor was always simplistic. Effects vary from drug to drug and user to user. Our efforts to treat and prevent must acknowledge that complexity.
A.J. Delgado
Why Latinos should vote for Trump
Immigration isn't our main concern; jobs are, and on that count, he's our man. That's not all.
Editorial
Another Trump conspiracy: voter fraud
Despite lack of evidence, he questions election legitimacy.
Shawntera Hardy
Counterpoint: State is on task regarding new workforce rules for the disabled
This is an urgent but huge transformation. The Department of Employment and Economic Development is prepared.
Mathews Hollinshead
Southwest light rail: Eliminate the political veto of a practical need
Business leaders must do more to eject obstructionists from legislative power. Metro Transit must have the independence to do its work. Now is the time.
Dave Van Hattum
Southwest light rail: Despite House intransigence, governor must secure local funding
We cannot stop pushing the Legislature on all modes of transportation to benefit all Minnesotans, but for this project, a federal deadline looms.
Daniel W. Drezner
What is it about Henry Kissinger that has put him back on the charts?
He's got Clinton's ear. He's got Trump's … time. Well, I'd be wary, based on Kissinger's actual record.
Paula Dwyer, Bloomberg View (TNS)
Clinton and Trump are both wrong about corporate taxes
He takes a good idea too far. She dismisses research suggesting that workers end up bearing the cost.
Ed Rogers
A Clinton Foundation ditty — it goes something like this
If Hillary Clinton wins, the foundation will not accept foreign money. Until it does.
Toni Easterson
Counterpoint: May the old days endure — selectively
Much to admire of America, but there's also much to be rid of.
Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune (TNS)
Naked Trump statues are beneath us
We don't get to be the movement that preaches inclusiveness if we embrace this type of mockery.
Editorial
A novel approach to attract book readers
Some publishers are releasing serial-like installments.
Emily Piper
Counterpoint: Minnesota leads in helping the disabled to live independently
Although a recent lawsuit hinders our work, we are definitely on the right track.
Jason George, Matthew Gordon and Joan Lee
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In Minnesota, red tape is strangling projects like Sandpiper pipeline
Dayton streamlined the environmental permit process. Why is it taking so long?
Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact
PolitiFact: If a President Trump gave the military an illegal order …
… would commanders follow it? Should they? What's been said and what the precedent is.
Editorial
Pence provides a fine example for Trump on tax returns
But so far, the nominee seems intent on financial secrecy.
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