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Trump team sends chilling messages on squelching protest
Administration embraces authoritarianism in the White House.
John Rash
Rash Report: At Camp Ripley training, 'NATO is standing together'
For the 44th year, Minnesota National Guard and Norwegian Home Guard troops train together.
Editorial
Trump shouldn't neglect Afghanistan
More U.S. troops and a more stable government are needed.
Paul John Scott
Rebel knell: The disobedient musician is an endangered species
Today's music cohort is so willing to play the game. Unlike the Replacements. Or Dylan. Or Prince.
Mark Dayton, Tony Lourey and Clark Johnson
Give Minnesotans another good choice on their health insurance
It's the "MinnesotaCare Buy-In," tapping a trusted program.
D.J. Tice
Here's to our nationally pertinent state political figures
Here are the Minnesota players on the national playbill.
Lori Sturdevant
Steve Sviggum's likely return to the Board of Regents? Copacetic.
Quick pick was needed for the board, and he's the guy.
Editorial, Duluth News Tribune
MN Legislature should pre-empt cities on benefit mandates
A patchwork approach would hurt businesses across the state.
Gretchen Musicant
Repeal of ACA would imperil a little-known part with a huge impact
The Prevention and Public Health Fund helps communities prevent disease, not just treat it, and address other key health issues.
John Kass
Where's the liberal outrage over civil liberties in the Flynn case?
Flynn deserved his fate. But liberal Democrats, who long condemned Deep State surveillance, are happy, showing it's really all about power.
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.
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