StarTribune.com Commentary http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentary RSS Feed for Commentary en-us Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:15:43 GMT 2010-03-19T05:15:43Z en-us Let me repeat: 'Existential threat' http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentary/88483582.html As offenses go, settlements simply aren't in the same league as terrorism. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:16:21 GMT http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentary/88483582.html 2010-03-19T01:16:21Z The U.S. shortchanges Mexico at its peril http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentary/88483607.html This is precisely the wrong time to cut aid for our neighbor's war on drugs. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:31:35 GMT http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentary/88483607.html 2010-03-19T02:31:35Z The health care vote: I've been there ... http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentary/88483572.html ... and I voted yes, and I lost my bid for reelection -- and I'd do it all again. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:15:43 GMT http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentary/88483572.html 2010-03-19T05:15:43Z Maureen Dowd: Obama finds his sense of drama in an unsurprising locale http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentary/88483592.html That would be the Mideast, where there's always plenty of tension and still no solution. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:10:50 GMT http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentary/88483592.html 2010-03-19T01:10:50Z Editorial: Not in Orono http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentary/88483597.html In the face of opposition, the Emily Program opts to move on. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:14:15 GMT http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentary/88483597.html 2010-03-19T01:14:15Z Rep. Michele Bachmann: Reform efforts are making us sick http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentary/88269062.html Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:20:19 GMT http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentary/88269062.html 2010-03-17T23:20:19Z Skewing to the right? Hardly. http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentary/88269067.html Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:22:29 GMT http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentary/88269067.html 2010-03-17T23:22:29Z Universities must earn the funding they seek http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentary/88269077.html For instance, by focusing more on education and less on administration. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:15:59 GMT http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentary/88269077.html 2010-03-17T23:15:59Z Ruth Marcus: Of health care and hot-button ideology http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentary/88269032.html Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:23:52 GMT http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentary/88269032.html 2010-03-17T23:23:52Z Will we still love you when you're 84? http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentary/88269027.html A road story about an elderly couple had a hard time finding an audience in an America obsessed with youth. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:21:28 GMT http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentary/88269027.html 2010-03-17T23:21:28Z