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Ralph Nader
Why run for president if you don't have a chance?
Well, it depends on whether your agenda is personal or truly in the public interest. You'll do better with the first, because the media will help you along.
Editorial
Minnesota Orchestra's Cuba tour should generate new interest at home
Healing was needed and hopefully has begun.
Editorial
The seniors are coming to Twin Cities housing
The area must adjust to provide the larger mix of affordable living options they will demand.
Lori Sturdevant
Lori Sturdevant: Legislature's work impeded by Capitol's reconstruction
Usual patterns of lawmaking interaction were disrupted this year — and next year could be worse.
Doug Hughes
Why I flew a gyrocopter onto the U.S. Capitol Lawn
I did it to save our democracy from the corrosive influence of money in politics.
Julia Yurista Stephens
Urban farming in New Brighton: The Great Chicken Divide
It's being battled out in my suburb — and, boy, is it a doozy.
Letters
Readers Write (May 19): Tsarnaev death sentence; Dayton, the Legislature and early ed; GMO foods
The meaning of a death sentence in the Boston Marathon bombing.
Jack Uldrich
Minnesota needs an iconic structure, pronto
We're competing globally for talent. It would help to put the "Star of the North" on the map, literally.
Noah Feldman
Thoughts on Tsarnaev and the death penalty
It may not be carried out quickly. But when it is, it will be surprising not for the outcome but for the place it was decided.
D.J. Tice
In praise of the political machine
Could it be that reforms meant to clean up our system have enfeebled the very wheeling and dealing that made it work?
Editorial, The Economist
Now's the time to tackle the great debt distortion
It's time to end harmful subsidies, starting with a mortgage deduction.
Brian Buhr and Tom Landwehr
Counterpoint: Research on aquatic invasive species doesn't happen overnight
Still, in a short time, we've launched major research to save Minnesota waters.
Editorial
Wave of telecom deals highlights importance of net neutrality
Verizon, AOL merger should remind policymakers to tend free, open Internet.
Michael Gerson
GMO bans are trendy — and irresponsible
Grandstanding businesses like Chipotle are setting a bad branding precedent.
Letters
Readers Write (May 18): Marketing the new Saints stadium, child protection, taking accountability, taking care with perceptions
Despite one website omission, the push is on in St. Paul and beyond.
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