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Editorial, San Diego Union-Tribune
January 3, 2020

Coming to terms with the myth of online privacy

California law, while flawed, is a signal that tech firms are being watched.
Richard Greelis
January 3, 2020
County Attorney Mike Freeman introduced the office's first ever emotional support animal, a golden doodle named Barrett. Barrett's trainer, Kathryn Ne

Barrett the facility dog could do great things for Hennepin County Attorney's Office

But first he has to be trained, and that's no small feat.
Hal Brands, Bloomberg News (TNS)
January 3, 2020
FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020, file photo, U.S. Army soldiers from the 82nd Airborne board a C-17 aircraft at Fort Bragg, N.C., to be deploye

Trump's Iran policy spirals toward control

By killing prominent leaders, the U.S. hopes to demonstrate how much Iran has to lose. But that wager might not pay off.
Amelia Rayno
January 3, 2020
Almost 1,000 men, women and children were murdered in 1981 at El Mozote by U.S. government-sponsored Salvadoran troops. A monument displays their name

The forgotten roots of — and responsibility for — a diaspora

Whatever it is the U.S. doesn't want today, it's a boomerang in part, as evidenced by a visit to the site of a 1981 massacre in El Salvador.
Rick Horton and Ray Higgins
January 3, 2020
**ADVANCE FOR MONDAY, MARCH 20**A truck leaves the Chippewa National Forest, in Cass County, Minn., with a load of logs on Wednesday, March 8, 2006. M

Minnesota's timber harvest already has considered all points of view

The plan was created nearly two years ago and all stakeholders participated in the process.
Editorial, Wall Street Journal
January 3, 2020

Will the bull market continue in 2020?

No one can answer that question with certainty as the new year begins.
Peter M. Leschak
January 3, 2020
The dog not taken

The dog not taken

I could have given Thor a better life. But he was not mine.
Editorial, Dallas Morning News
January 3, 2020

Another attack ended by good guys with guns

North Texas church shooting shows the need for a range of responses.
FROM THE ECONOMIST
January 3, 2020

A wrinkle in the minimum-wage debate: Lower-income bosses bear the burden

It's another demonstration of unintended consequences.
Eli Lake, Bloomberg News (TNS)
January 3, 2020

Trump has erased the distinction between Iran and its proxies

This is not a new war, but rather a new chapter of an ongoing one.
Editorial, Houston Chronicle
January 2, 2020

Anti-Semitic attacks must be met by condemnation

New York-area incidents are hardly unique, and hate isn't limited to U.S.
Noah Feldman, Bloomberg News (TNS)
January 2, 2020
FILE-- Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts during a talk at the New York University School of Law in New York, Nov. 20, 2015. In a significant vi

Trump's impeachment trial is Chief Justice Roberts' nightmare

All his career he's focused on keeping the Supreme Court from being seen as a partisan body. Trump's trial will make that difficult.
Michael R. Strain, Bloomberg News (TNS)
January 2, 2020
FILE - In this Wednesday, April 3, 2019, file photo, a tip box is filled with dollar bills, in New York. The minimum wage is rising to $15 for all wor

Contrary to belief, worker pay isn't broken

Wages are based more on productivity, less on exploitation.
Faye Flam, Bloomberg News (TNS)
January 2, 2020
Boats are pulled ashore as smoke and wildfires rage behind Lake Conjola, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020. Thousands of tourists fled Australia's wil

A decade of climate science confirmed what we already knew

What's changed is the specificity of the data.
James Stavridis, Bloomberg News (TNS)
January 2, 2020
FILE - In this Aug. 9, 2018, file photo, Vice President Mike Pence gestures during an event on the creation of a U.S. Space Force at the Pentagon. Ris

What to expect when you're expecting a new branch of the military

Advice for creating the U.S. Space Force.
Kelly Doran
January 2, 2020

New Minneapolis housing policies won't work economically

They're well-intentioned, but not economically sound.
Editorial
January 2, 2020

Blame climate change for shrinking songbirds

A more compact body releases heat faster. Hence, birds are getting smaller.
Steve Marchese
December 31, 2019
A student of the month tree at Phalen Lake Hmong Studies Magnet on Friday, March 11, 2016, in St. Paul, Minn. ] RENEE JONES SCHNEIDER ¥ reneejone

School choice advocates refuse to examine effects on actual students

Advocates act under the guise of competition.
Bob “Again” Carney Jr.
December 31, 2019
FILE -- The impeachment trial of President Donald Trump will resume in the U.S. Senate on Jan. 21.

Deferred impeachment could work if our leaders acted responsibly

If only they acted like adults. That's unlikely.
Mark Seeley
December 31, 2019
Protesters gathered at the Capitol to protest climate change inaction. ] LEILA NAVIDI • leila.navidi@startribune.com BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Hu

Can we use our philanthropic spirit to fight climate change?

Minnesota has been ranked the top in the country for giving back, but we haven't been able to come together for the climate.
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