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Stephen Carter, Bloomberg View
What's the dirtiest word in politics?
A dust-up among Democrats over who qualifies as the "Establishment" raises a question: What happens when you win?
Editorial
Iowa holds lessons for candidates and voters alike
As campaign moves on, it's time to move beyond rhetoric to real ideas.
Editorial
Dayton, GOP reach a disappointing end to special session talks
Range residents must wonder if state government is still a reliable friend.
Cartoons
Garret Keizer
Where white, blue-collar workers are aligned in this election
That they've fallen in behind Trump is a problem for the left. Do progressives still care?
Jonathan Bernstein, Bloomberg View (TNS)
So, what did we get from Iowa? A pruning of the field
Two of the presidential candidates who were effectively eliminated on Monday recognized it immediately. Others will have to admit it soon enough.
Letters
Readers Write (Feb. 2): Iowa caucuses, Hillary Clinton's e-mails, buffer strips, Kim Graves reinstatement
The Iowa caucuses: Who would have guessed?
Rick King
Nonstop MSP to Tokyo is at risk, and so, then, is Minnesota business
We must enable more access to Asia, not less. It hinges on negotiations between the U.S. and Japan over flights to Tokyo's close-in airport.
Harlan Anderson
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From buffer strips to federal bills, farmers need a stronger voice
The lobbyists who represent them aren't effective, and thus, their input isn't received.
Ron Schara
Cecil the lion, ivory smuggling and outrage
Two stories involving two Minnesotans drew vastly different responses: one loud, one quiet, both out of sync with the actual threats to animals.
Editorial
Minnesota political and business leaders say, 'Don't be #UnMinnesotan'
Let's hope ad will create a neighbor-to-neighbor movement vs. anti-Muslim bigotry.
Editorial
Save Delta's direct flight from MSP to Tokyo
State business, political leaders must push back against U.S.-Japan pact.
Vinay Prasad
What a true cancer 'moonshot' entails
A serious effort isn't about buzzwords. It requires funding science broadly, consistently and in steadily increasing amounts.
D.J. Tice
As radicals arise, gridlock never looked so good
Thank the founding fathers that our system could handle a President Trump or Sanders.
Bonnie Blodgett
Sanders gives boomers a chance to rekindle fire
It's a rare opportunity to right the wrongs our generation inflicted on the nation.
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