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Myisha Holley
January 9, 2020
Charter school students held signs as they joined leaders of the quality choice school movement Tuesday morning, Tuesday, July 19, 2011, on the steps

Counterpoint: My kids are 'actual students' and charter schools serve them best

We all have a lot of work to do to make our education system better. But working against each other helps no one.
Mary Mitchell Lundeen, Shelly Hedstrom and Judy Klein-Pells
January 9, 2020
Little boy going to school with backpack ORG XMIT: MIN1607281416271210

We fail students with rules against behavior intervention that involves physical contact

Interpretations against laying a finger on them are turning classrooms into chaos.
Eric Harris Bernstein and Ben Spielberg
January 9, 2020
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a Democratic candidate for president, addresses a rally at Kings Theatre in Brooklyn on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. (Calla

Democrats say they won't raise taxes on the middle class. But they should.

We need such taxes to pay for the things we want government to do.
Editorial
January 8, 2020
Cheeseburger made with Beyond Meat patty

The beef industry is threatened by plant-based meat

Burger alternatives have evolved and taste better.
January 8, 2020
President Donald Trump, left, arrives to address the nation on the ballistic missile strike that Iran launched against Iraqi air bases housing U.S. tr

Roundup: A mix of uncertainties in Trump-Iran standoff

Across the nation, people are trying to predict what will happen next. Here is what some are saying:
Noah Feldman, Bloomberg News (TNS)
January 8, 2020
A police officer stands guard on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on June 15, 2017. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images/TNS) ORG XMIT

The Supreme Court's past decade may have been liberals' last gasp

The next decade will likely see a turn to the right grow sharper.
Noah Feldman, Bloomberg News (TNS)
January 8, 2020
FILE - In this July 31, 2019 file photo, then National security adviser John Bolton speaks to media at the White House in Washington. Bolton says he's

John Bolton is bluffing

One suspects that he wishes to seem willing to testify without having to actually appear.
Editorial
January 7, 2020

The high price of inaction on climate change

Events such as the fires in Australia are more common, more devastating.
Bruce Peterson
January 7, 2020
Raegen Dickey, 1, of White Bear Lake, played with a Husky puppy, owned by 13-year old Annika Lebahn, of Vadnais Heights, during Marketfest Thursday ni

We mustn't be naive about evolution

Human nature is something we must overcome, and we can easily turn from working together to "every man for himself."
Mark Osler
January 7, 2020
Former Minneapolis police Officer Mohamed Noor reads a statement in Minneapolis, before being sentenced by Judge Kathryn Quaintance in the fatal shoot

Counterpoint: Grand juries aren't a check on prosecutors' power

In practice, they simply conceal the decisions of the prosecutor.
Steve Chapman
January 7, 2020
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar speaks at the Veterans Memorial Building in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, Jan. 3, 2020. (Rebecca

Chicago Tribune's Steve Chapman: For something completely different — Amy Klobuchar

Americans often vote for the opposite of what they have. In that case, we should look to Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who offers a calm respite from the last four years.
Cass R. Sunstein
January 7, 2020
FILE - In this June 11, 2019, file photo a pump jack operates in an oil field in the Permian Basin in Texas. New Mexico Democrats pushed forward a pro

Hate the donor, love the donation

The case for accepting money from unappealing sources.
Thomas L. Friedman
January 6, 2020
FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016, file photo, Qassem Soleimani, commander of Iran's Quds Force, attends an annual rally commemorating the annive

Thomas L. Friedman: Trump killed Iran's most overrated warrior

An assessment of Soleimani's failures — and of how politics plays out in the Middle East.
Jackie Schneider
January 6, 2020
This Feb 23, 2019, photo shows the inside of a computer in Jersey City, N.J. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

What to know about cyberattacks

Iran can use them against the U.S. That's not nearly as bad as it sounds.
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.
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