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Mike Tikkanen
Painful as it is, Eric Dean lawsuit could help lift secrecy shrouding child abuse
If the suit over the boy's death increases transparency, it could help curb future horrors.
Allen C. Guelzo and James H. Hulme, The Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS)
California has no more right to secede than the Confederacy did
'Calexit' has no logic or legitimacy, period.
Pat Schaffer
Contract law practices aren't a suitable model for surrogacy
As the state weighs legislation in this area, it must carefully consider ethical ramifications.
Willard B. Shapira
Here's an idea to make the Minneapolis Super Bowl yuge, really yuge
Let's invite President Trump to do the coin toss, and a whole lot more. You think I'm kidding?
Rana Alexander and Jeanne Ronayne
Adjudication process didn't 'spiral out of control' in U football players' case
Editorial wrongly faulted a process that differs substantially from a criminal prosecution.
Noah Feldman
The law Flynn may have broken? It's been unconstitutional for 218 years.
No one's ever been convicted of violating this companion to the Alien and Sedition Act. There's a reason for that.
Julie Anderson
To solve opioid abuse, everyone — physicians and beyond — has a responsibility
Family physicians have a vital role, but a complex challenge takes a broad-based effort.
Jonathan Bernstein, Bloomberg View
With lots of problems and little experience, White House could use a seasoned chief of staff
The president could use one, as shown by a crop of early woes.
Andrew Mathews
Bill to keep Xcel's Sherco plan on track just makes sense
Holding up Xcel's natural gas plant would hurt residents of Becker and Sherburne County and a million energy-consuming Minnesotans.
New York Times editorial
House GOP shouldn't derail state efforts to help workers prep for retirement
Efforts aim to aid workers whose companies don't offer retirement coverage.
Johannes L. Jacobse
Pornography is an affliction for young men. And it's been mainstreamed.
It comes from the depths of hell to destroy their characters before they can grow into a healthy sense of who they are.
Editorial
In battle of Wall Street vs. retirees, judge rightly backs consumers
The Trump administration ought to get the message on "fiduciary rule."
Editorial, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Yemen is no place for U.S. involvement
Trump administration can save both money and culpability in a tragedy.
Steve Werle
A painting of Jackson and a portrait in contrasts
We have a good sense of what Lincoln saw in the image. What about Trump?
John Rash
Amid award season in U.S., global art 'under threat'
A report from the advocacy group Freemuse states that 'artists continue to be silenced all over the world.'
Lynn A. Blewett
An interim plan to stabilize Minnesota's individual health insurance market
Something must be done while we wait for Congress to do whatever it's going to do to the Affordable Care Act. This plan is a bridge.
D.J. Tice
It's a living lab for changes in the minimum wage
Increases could harm the vulnerable in subtle ways.
Lori Sturdevant
Broadband is still the missing link in rural Minnesota
Voters there may warm to politicians who can make things better on this front.
Editorial
Here's a GOP plan that could turn the tide on climate policy
A carbon tax means change driven by consumers, not regulators.
Editorial, Duluth News-Tribune
Trump should reverse Obama order on northeast Minnesota mineral leases
December order halting mineral exploration was 11th-hour overreach.
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