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John Rash
Rash Report: Brexit not an exit of U.K. creativity
The British Arrows Awards, now screening at the Walker, show Britain's international cultural impact.
Adam Copeland
'Materialism' isn't always a dirty word
New focus on craft and quality redeems the 'stuff' of life.
D.J. Tice
Unions and sound policing: New evidence of an old obstacle
Police chiefs, sheriffs get overruled on disciplinary actions.
Lori Sturdevant
Voters do worry that billionaires buy elections
Trump, unbeholden to big money? Just a wish.
Steve Calvin
The future of health insurance: A shift change in political leadership
How a new crew made up of Republican lawmakers and Trump appointees could heal (not literally repeal) Obamacare.
Editorial
Trump's pick for education secretary is a champion of reform
DeVos wants to give families ways to escape low-performing schools.
Omar Alansari-Kreger
History abounds with contributions of Islam to civilization
Extremists do no justice to Islam in preserving a slanted narrative that is sharply at odds with a record of achievement.
Mark Kryzer
It's time for America to get out of Afghanistan
"Nation-building" hasn't achieved lasting goals, Afghanis continue to suffer casualties and be displaced, and the costs to the U.S. keep mounting.
Cass R. Sunstein, Bloomberg View
Trump's regulatory gimmick is pretty dumb -- and it might just work.
'Add one, cut two' is itself an overly rigid regulation -- but it might force some creating thinking.
Jared Bernstein
Carrier deal: Good news for workers, good politics, but not sound economics
The action led by President-elect Trump, while a real relief for 1,100 workers, isn't a sustainable job-saving strategy.
Andrew Morgado
Junior ROTC offers opportunities, and results, for students
Data show higher high school graduation rates, lower dropout rates and a higher GPA.
Martha Rosen
![Minneapolis Central Library, located at 300 Nicollet Mall in downtown has been coping with an influx of homeless people. Thursday, January 31, 2013 ]](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/YXYCXF23POI2Z7MO3ENVF42EC4.jpg?h=91&w=145&fit=crop&bg=999&crop=faces)
Libraries serve wide range of purposes and people, some homeless
Patrons come to read, find information and, in some cases, have a place to go. If there's a problem with priorities, it isn't here.
Bernie Sanders, The Washington Post
Bernie Sanders: Carrier just showed corporations how to beat Donald Trump
The great negotiator has revealed that companies can extract favors by threatening to offshore jobs.
Myron Orfield and Will Stancil
Counterpoint: Gentrification isn't the rental problem; poverty is
Sharply falling incomes for blacks and Latinos, not rising rents, drive a housing affordability crisis in Minneapolis.
Sharon Pierce and Rassoul Dastmozd
St. Thomas plan is laudable, but don't overlook Minnesota State's two-year colleges
In serving low-income students, colleges match up more than favorably with St. Thomas plan.
Doug Shidell
Plymouth saw the light; other cities should, too
A code that aims to minimize glare and obtrusive light offers the side benefits of reduced energy use and a lower carbon footprint.
Jacob Woods
Places in the Twin Cities where worlds sit side by side: The library. Light rail.
I went to St. Paul's Central Library to read — a shortsighted view of the building's purpose. A homeless person showed me the light.
Chris Cillizza, The Washington Post
Obama's singular success blinds Democrats to their party's long-term decline
It's less Trump than races for Congress, governorships, legislatures that reveal the truth — and it's painful for liberals.
Noah Feldman, Bloomberg View
Arguments that Electoral College should break for Clinton are unconvincing
A willingness to break basic constitutional structures or even unwritten standard procedure is worrisome in this environment.
Susan Schaefer
Places in Twin Cities where worlds sit side by side: U, Cedar-Riverside
It's in plain sight, but you may not consider the proximity of a university and an immigrant community, or their similar goals.
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