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Raymond Dehn
With drug addiction, focus on prevention and treatment, not criminalization
Addiction is a marker of community health, not individual intent. We should create policies accordingly.
From the economist
Global economy on the upswing (no thanks to populists)
If people make the wrong connections about this, the whole thing could blow.
D.J. Tice
What if Trump and Clinton had swapped genders?
Experiment suggests the populist plays best either way. Surprised?
Lori Sturdevant
Minnesota's renowned people power is waning
Examples abound. Will citizens get cynical or energized by this?
John Hinderaker
A city-country mice divide in Minnesota? We don't see it that way
Less government, more freedom is good for rural and urban Minnesota.
James Robertson
The case for Democrats' not opposing Gorsuch
I worked to block Robert Bork and regret it because his defeat politicized the process. Now, there's no valid reason to block Gorsuch and a peace offering might benefit all.
Virginia Postrel, Bloomberg View
CAFE standards are lousy environmental policy
Environmentalists are irate over Trump administration plans to roll back Obama gas-mileage regulations, but CAFE rules just aren't a rational way to cut fuel use.
David Spence
Sinister-sounding 'deep state' isn't necessarily sinister — or subversive
In resisting the agenda of a president, bureaucrats may be trying to carry out their agency's mission, as defined by law.
Editorial
Researchers solve a swimming pool question we might not want answered
Scientists take the measure of those warm spots.
Ria Chakraborty
The myth of safety for 'model' minorities
Recent crimes against U.S. residents with roots in India, including two fatal shootings, have generated alarm.
Thomas R. Gilliam
Thoughts on health care, freedom of choice and business models
Here's one question: What happens when those who opt out of coverage get sick?
John Kass
Trump's mass firing of U.S. attorneys is simply politics as usual.
But as usual, where Trump is concerned, it has set off fact-free media melodrama.
George McNulty
Mandatory seat belts in school buses? Sounds like a no-brainer, but research shows it's not a good idea
For reasons ranging from design to compliance to statistics, there are problems.
Brian LeClair
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Legislators can — and should — say no to proposed pay raise
Just because a new citizens panel called for a more-than-$13,000 pay raise for them, senators and House members don't have to accept it — and they shouldn't.
Faisal Ahmed, Abdirashid Jama, and Abdi “Gurhan” Mohamed
We're Somali business owners in Minneapolis. We back a $15 minimum wage. Here's why
Raising the hourly minimum in Minneapolis would be good for our neighborhoods and is sound, as well. Our businesses thrive when our customers earn living wages.
Editorial, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
UAE's lofty ambition: A city the size of Chicago on Mars
For the tiny nation, the limit is way beyond the sky: a city on Mars by 2117.
Patricia Helmberger
Plastic bags: It's time to bag these ubiquitous, deadly pollutants
Plastic bags crowd landfills and ocean garbage islands. The Legislature would be foolish to ignore the problem.
MICKEY COOK
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
Dayton, Legislature let politics get in the way of Real ID
Governor's insistence on driver's license provision is wrongheaded.
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