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MICKEY COOK
March 10, 2017
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To whom it should concern: We need real help in north Minneapolis

Here in north Minneapolis, there's a bullet train running through our backyards. When are the rest of you going to stop averting your gaze and do something real to help us out?
Editorial, Duluth News Tribune
March 10, 2017

Dayton, Legislature let politics get in the way of Real ID

Governor's insistence on driver's license provision is wrongheaded.
Lori Sturdevant
March 10, 2017

In western Minnesota, a diminished DFL, and yet

The party has purpose and perhaps a chance in this session to show rural voters how it better meets their needs.
D.J. Tice
March 10, 2017

Strong-arm government? It could happen here (and did)

Thinking back 100 years on the power and reverberations of the Minnesota Commission of Public Safety.
Cynthia M. Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TNS)
March 10, 2017

Middlebury mob a sign of a serious problem in our country.

"The saddest day in my life," said an injured professor of the violent venom.
Editorial
March 10, 2017

Stop the panic and debate pros, cons of House health care bill

One thing to remember:Obamacare is coming apart at the seams.
Doug Loon and Harry Melander
March 10, 2017

Federal officials arbitrarily nixed important Iron Range projects

Tough state and national laws guarantee environmental standards will be met.
Megan McArdle, Bloomberg View (TNS)
March 10, 2017
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Obamacare is sinking fast while they build a lifeboat

We have to have something that's durable. There's no magic wand.
John Rash
March 10, 2017
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Rash Report: Three key 2017 elections will reflect, shape Europe's future

Amid populism, politicians who still back the European Union.
Michael Snyder
March 10, 2017

Are medical malpractice lawsuits really a form of 'blackmail'?

A provision in the Trumpcare legislation would severely limit a patient's rights.
Chris Cillizza, The Washington Post
March 10, 2017
Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, speaks during a campaign event where he hosted Medal of Honor recipients, at the recently opened Tr

We are all conspiracy theorists now

They're nothing new, but they once belonged to the fringe. Now we're eager to believe.
Editorial, Sacramento Bee
March 9, 2017

CIA has some reassuring to do

WikiLeaks revelations afford the opportunity for questions.
Craig Bowron
March 9, 2017
JIM GEHRZ Ô jgehrz@startribune.com Minneapolis/March 20, 2008/10:30AM] City planners in Minneapolis will eliminate bicycle lanes along 2nd Avenue

Every pedestrian and cyclist should know the rules

The problem is, many motorists don't, or don't care. And, so, too, the occasional stroller or cyclist. The thing is you can be very, very right about a traffic issue, and very, very dead. The simple fact is the car wins every time.
Julie Quist
March 9, 2017
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On September 28, 2014, the Child Protection League ran a full page ad in the Sunday edition of this newspaper.

Get the PC police out of schools' locker rooms

Obama administration's definition of the word "sex" has been wisely reversed, but Minnesota is still trying to strong-arm compliance.
Max Boot, Foreign Policy
March 9, 2017
President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with leaders from small community banks, Thursday, March 9, 2017, in the Roosevelt Room of the White H

WikiLeaks rides to Trump's rescue -- again

Just when he needed a distraction, and a spotlight on the CIA's surveillence culture, along comes a data dump.
Eli Lake, Bloomberg View
March 8, 2017
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About those wiretaps: Before you declare Trump a lunatic, better read this

There's no question the president was wrong about his predecessor spying on him. But there's more to the story.
Noah Feldman, Bloomberg View
March 8, 2017
FILE -- Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy speaks a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 23, 2015. Kennedy cited racial discrimination grou

The Supreme Court: Kennedy cements his role as a new liberal stalwart

The associate justice gets real about how racial bias among jurors has traditionally tainted the fairness of the judicial system.
Faith Appelquist
March 8, 2017

Planners went out on a limb with Nicollet Mall tree choices

Selecting white birches for Nicollet Mall was the worst idea; better to have gone with insect resistant, heat- and drought-tolerant trees.
Washington Post editorial
March 8, 2017
This Oct. 22, 2015 photo shows a Planned Parenthood in Houston.

Defunding Planned Parenthood is politically risky for GOP, Trump

As a candidate, president understood organization's important role.
Editorial
March 6, 2017

Ageism remains a problem in the Age of the Millennial

Job-search firms targeted by Illinois AG deserved warning.
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