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Counterpoint: Mayor's commentary on Edina schools was misleading
There are legitimate questions — not "ill-founded fears and distorted facts" — about the direction the district is heading. The numbers bear this out.
Editorial, New York Daily News
Democrats need to show impeachment is about more than partisanship
And Republicans should stop pretending Trump has done nothing wrong.
Editorial, Wall Street Journal
Attacks on Zuckerberg are attacks on free speech
Facebook CEO will allow disputed claims to be debated.
Editorial
Blame climate change for more frequent California fires
Conditions are getting worse, and state's infrastructure can't handle it.
Bonnie Blodgett
The two worlds according to David W. Noble
The University of Minnesota history professor knew what neoliberals (read: free-market capitalists) don't.
Dean Phillips
U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips: Congress is working to protect against election meddling
But those bills are sitting on Sen. Mitch McConnell's desk collecting dust.
Zak Radzak
Fracking ban guarantees Trump another term
Democrats must want to re-elect him, because this would push voters his way.
John Rash
Rash Report: A deep State Department, not a 'deep state'
Belying characterizations, the character of top envoys and officers has been apparent during the impeachment inquiry.
William Beyer
Counterpoint: Rash overlooks the role of U.S. in Syria's problems
Rash's narrow outrage ignores decades of U.S. criminal policy.
Carl P. Leubsdorf, Dallas Morning News (TNS)
D.J. Tice
Taxing the rich pays — to a point, estate tax study shows
Lessons for a wealth tax, and a related lesson for Minnesota.
Ramzy Mardini and Morgan L. Kaplan
Robert L. Cassola
Counterpoint: Math staples like calculus still key to modern tasks
Just because a subject has been taught for 50 years doesn't mean it needs to go.
Alejandro Baer, Tadeos Barseghyan and Steve Hunegs
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar's 'present' vote on recognizing Armenian Genocide is distressing
As leaders of the Armenian and Jewish communities, we regret her decision and the logical fallacy of the explanation of her vote.
James Hovland
Edina schools are under attack. As mayor, I've had enough.
Heading into school board elections, it's getting worse.
Melissa J. Gismondi
More films about the past should portray the authentically held fears of the past
It would help us better understand what motivated people, how they saw the world and how they dealt with existential challenges.
Dan Tierney, Chicago Tribune (TNS)
Society is an ecosystem, and big business can play an empowering role
It knows how to influence politics. Here's a positive agenda it should pursue.
David Greenberg
Rebecca Alper
Counterpoint: A (more-appreciative) parent's-eye view of Minneapolis Public Schools
I wanted to share with other parents what the Minneapolis Public School District is doing well and why we're happy to be here.
Amy Koch
Few know what it's like to be a rising woman, like Katie Hill, brought down by private scandal
More women in leadership means, inevitably, more prominent human failure among women leaders, including me.
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