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Noah Feldman, Bloomberg News (TNS)
June 12, 2018

In Ohio voting case, Supreme Court takes a nakedly political turn

The court's conservatives generally interpret statutes based on text, while the liberals prefer looking to statutory purpose. That didn't work for them this time, so …
Robert Allen
June 11, 2018
Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo addressed the media at City Hall, Thursday, June 7, 2018 in Minneapolis, MN. The press conference was regar

On net, Minneapolis policy change on marijuana enforcement harms public safety

What seems at first like social justice only reinforces illegal trade. Legalization through controlled distribution is the better alternative.
Editorial, Wisconsin State Journal
June 11, 2018

Trade wars will hurt Wisconsin companies and consumers

Trump's policies are a blow to state that helped him win the election.
Leonid Bershidsky
June 11, 2018
President Donald Trump

G-7 fallout: There's a method to Trump's madness

He's giving all rules a stress test, without rejecting them outright. It might work.
Eric Jolly and R.T. Rybak
June 11, 2018

Counterpoint: The first word in 'community foundations' still solidly applies

Here are a few examples of that work in Minnesota. And the question of priorities? Asked and answered, every day.
Lori Sturdevant
June 10, 2018

Candidate filing gone wild in Minnesota: Was it the endorsement system's valediction?

What to make of DFL's several wide-open races.
Kay Coles James
June 8, 2018
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The advice for graduates? Demand the ball

There are moments in our lives when we have to stop hedging. When we have to speak firmly, act clearly — and execute.
Paul Waytz
June 8, 2018

The dedicated, persevering young people entering medicine today

They were lucky. But they earned their degrees, too. And they'll need continued determination as they enter a difficult field.
Lisa Albrecht
June 8, 2018
A fall approaches, a fisherman tried his luck in the chilly waters of Lake Calhoun, in the shadow of the downtown Minneapolis skyline. ] JIM GEHRZ&#x2

An open letter to elected officials, urban planners and developers

More density is not humane. Please explain why bigger is better.
David Rothkopf
June 8, 2018

Trump, summit catalyst, as only he could be

With eye on short term, beware the long term.
Cheryl Olseth
June 8, 2018
Waves of clouds paint the sky as late afternoon sun skims across the prairie framing the Three Sisters Hackberry Tree at Blue Mounds State Park. This

The farm bill and the importance of the American prairie

It is vital that Congress incorporate a bipartisan conservation act introduced by members from Minnesota and South Dakota.
Andy Dawkins and Stephen B. Young
June 8, 2018
'Blame it on '68,' revisited: Toward a new democracy

'Blame it on '68,' revisited: Toward a new democracy

Following publication of a commentary that aimed to define root causes of American decline, the author and a respondent sat down to map a way forward.
Editorial, Bloomberg View
June 8, 2018

Insulin shouldn't be out of reach for millions worldwide

Governments could take steps to drive down the cost, increase availability.
Jessica Unruh
June 8, 2018
FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016, file photo, Beatrice Menase Kwe Jackson, center, walks with Daniel Emory, both of the Ojibwe Native American tr

Remember Dakota Access? And all those fears that didn't come to pass?

It's been quiet on that contested front, a year after operations began. Which is not so surprising for a generally uneventful enterprise.
Collin Peterson, Rick Nolan, Tom Emmer and Jason Lewis
June 8, 2018

Peterson, Nolan, Emmer, Lewis: Approve Line 3 replacement on Enbridge's preferred route

As representatives of areas, businesses and people affected, we think this is the most reasonable option.
June 8, 2018
In this July 25, 2017, photo provided by Wisconsin Public Radio, crews begin work on the Wisconsin segment of Enbridge Energy's Line 3 near Superior,

To: Minnesota PUC. From: Faith leaders. Re: Line 3 pipeline replacement.

As a decision on the Enbridge proposal approaches, we faith leaders want to get ahead of it and make clear: Approval would threaten Native treaty rights and a way of life.
Stephen B. Young
June 8, 2018
Illustration by Kim Maxwell Vu • Star Tribune; original photos from Associated Press, Star Tribune file

Our chaotic culture: Blame it on '68

The things wrong with America can be traced to that roiling year of reinvention half a century ago.
Editorial, Seattle Times
June 7, 2018

Google, Facebook aren't above the law

While they profit from politics, they need to be more transparent.
Maureen Hackett
June 7, 2018
Isle Royale National Park in Michigan is an ideal outdoor laboratory to study wolves and moose. (Photo courtesy Rolf Peterson/Minneapolis Star Tribune

Use Wildlife Science Center's captive wolves to repopulate Isle Royale

This solution would be better than disrupting packs currently in the wild.
Brian Dickerson, Detroit Free Press (TNS)
June 7, 2018
Howard Schultz, the chairman and former chief executive of Starbucks, in New York, Nov. 9, 2017.

Starbucks' Howard Schultz for president? Slow down. One sip at a time.

The thing that few seem to understand is that skills in other fields don't magically transfer to this work. Get some experience first with politics at a lower level. Or pick a political horse to sponsor.
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