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Pat Doyle and Sharon Schmickle
Joe Biden, stand up for your past and your progress
Also, your first instinct was right about working with the other side. You can draw on an example set by the late Sen. Paul Wellstone.
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders: Path to racial equality runs through the one percent
The wealth gap fuels wide-ranging disparities.
Steven C. Bergeson
Counterpoint: Do we really want doctors without consciences?
That's what we'd get if we didn't allow them to heed their personal beliefs. Current policy strikes a balance.
Editorial
Reforms needed for Border Patrol
The agency has poorly handled the migrant crisis.
Michele L. Norris
Stephen L. Carter, Bloomberg News (TNS)
I'm going to miss Ross Perot
The onetime presidential candidate who died Tuesday was, as one scholar noted, "a walking oxymoron — a billionaire populist, an extraordinary ordinary person."
Editorial
Economic boom is, well, persistent
Stock market (and if not that, the job market) gives Americans hope.
Nicole Sullivan
Counterpoint: Commentary about 'nuance' wasn't nuanced
It appears to have misunderstood a blog post I wrote after my Denver bookstore was vandalized by a white supremacist group. It also just picked a bad example.
Constance Tuck and Rachel Sullivan-Nightengale
Counterpoint: Community feedback confirms a problem with St. Paul police
Both the extent of complaints and the insufficient accounting of them have become clear.
Patricia J. Hartmann
Counterpoint: The real reason St. Paul's trash plan was challenged
Under the City Charter, if enough citizens question an ordinance, the law is subjected to a popular vote. Citizens followed the process, yet the vote was denied.
Ross Douthat
The meaning of Marianne Williamson
Like Trump, she exposes an ignored side of America. In her case, it's the low-on-data, long-on-feelings spirit that simmers just below the rational surface of the contemporary liberal project.
Tyler Cowen
I want more immigrants — and a census citizenship question
The debate would go better if the focus could shift to legal, publicly recognized rights to citizenship.
Ron Pagnucco
Editorial counterpoint: There's more to the other side of the St. Cloud story
As diversity increased in central Minnesota, so did trust — including trust of the newcomers, a survey suggests.
Harley Shaiken
NAFTA's replacement needs its tires kicked
Will the USMCA correct the flaws of its predecessor or lock them in for another quarter-century? The auto industry illustrates.
Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald (TNS)
Jeh Charles Johnson
Where consensus can be found in the immigration debate
Invest in Central America. Do not imply that our borders are open. Be realistic: Democracy requires compromise.
Paul John Scott
It's the cars, not the cows
Avoiding meat and other foods that come from animals won't save the planet.
Editorial, Wall Street Journal
Nike's 'Betsy Ross' reversal shows ex-QB's power
Colin Kaepernick complained about Stars-and-Stripes design.
Tyler Cowen
Internet 101 should be a required class
Cyberspace is a tool in need of intervention. Everyone should learn how to use it effectively.
Lori Sturdevant
How cities raise money in modern-era Minnesota
Things aren't as rough as they were, but the state-local partnership needs a tuneup.
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