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Editorial, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Researchers are making progress on understanding dementia
Causes are becoming clearer, but prevention is a more difficult challenge.
Jamie Becker-Finn, Peggy Flanagan, Susan Allen and Mary Kunesh-Podein
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Counterpoint: Enbridge's new Line 3 simply disregards the Ojibwe people
The pipeline "compromise" shows willful ignorance of Native history and rights.
Matt Zeller
Combat translators spoke for us. Now we must speak for them.
Our allies' combat translators deserve special visas, "honorary veteran" status.
Editorial
The best time to address looming Social Security crisis was before now
But given the delay, Congress needs to act as soon as possible.
Sebastian Mallaby
Liberalism: More essential than ever
Yes, it faces a crisis of confidence. But we must acknowledge that external threats are more severe.
Jennifer Rubin
Trump's presidency is doomed. (But how, exactly, will it end?)
Here are five possible scenarios for the disaster tale that will soon rush toward a climax.
Nate Cathcart
Counterpoint: Magical fishing? Anecdotes are no substitute for facts
How many almighty walleye are enough? 10? 20? All you armchair biologists debating "unfair" rules on Mille Lacs have work to do.
John Rash
Rash Report: What 'Dunkirk' displays about Britain, then and now
A temporary retreat from a hostile continent during wartime to a permanent Brexit divorce from today's welcoming Europe.
Editorial, Bloomberg View
Fight ISIS by muzzling online recruitment
Government, technology companies need to collaborate.
Paula Goodman Maccabee
Counterpoint: PolyMet is just feeding Minnesotans a line
The copper-nickel project would be a climate-change horror, burning fossil fuels and destroying peatlands and wetlands.
Ben Feuer
The federal judiciary: For the Supreme Court, the stakes are simply too high
To prevent "Armageddon" over replacing a retiring justice, here's a plan to impose term limits of 18 years and to stagger appointments every two years.
Ronald A. Klain
The federal judiciary: How Trump is stocking the lower courts with Trumpians
Compared with his predecessors, the president has been wildly successful at one thing: naming judges, lots of them. They're very conservative. And very young.
Carter Eskew, The Washington Post
McCain may have one more act of heroic leadership to perform
This, his sobering diagnosis reminds a confused nation, is what a patriot and true public servant looks like.
Jessica Treat
Met Council needs to slam the brakes on proposed fare hikes
The goal should be innovation, affordability and increasing ridership — not cutting it.
Editorial
The Trump administration's 'Hire American' trap
Foreign workers, students contribute greatly to the U.S. economy.
Richard G. Carlson
After Minneapolis police shooting of Justine Damond, it's time to decide who runs this town
I say it's us civilians, and we insist on the reforms the Police Department resists and its political patrons have shrunk from.
Philip W. Yun
Nuclear weapons: Why are we afraid of North Korea?
The U.S. is extremely powerful. And North Korea is not suicidal. Continued deterrence and a little flexibility are in order.
Alexandra Levy
Nuclear weapons: The test that changed the world
Nuclear capability buys global success — at considerable cost, but the legacy of the Manhattan Project is that, for some countries, it's worth it.
Jared Bernstein
Some whats and whys of the current moment in the health care debate
Why have Republicans not been able to pull off this thing they seemed so motivated to do? What happens next?
Editorial, Bloomberg View
Rooftop-solar expansion is coming to an end
States need to weigh the costs and benefits and craft supportive policies.
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