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Noah Feldman, Bloomberg View
May 24, 2016
In a Saturday, May 14, 2016 photo, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas delivers the commencement address to the 2016 Hillsdale Colleg

The Clarence Thomas dissent that broke my heart

Let me begin by praising this justice as a man of principle — but one who, in a case involving the racial makeup of a Georgia jury pool, bent over too far to seem fair.
Letters
May 23, 2016
Member of the house stand and applaud on the final day of the session during recognition of veterans Sunday, May 22, 2016, in St. Paul, Minn. Minnesot

Readers Write (May 24): The 2016 Legislature, the rich and taxes

One word for what transpired in St. Paul: appalling.
Richard Greelis
May 23, 2016
Brooklyn Park Police Chief Craig Enevoldsen showed a video of a 25-year-old man who was "locked in a violent struggle for three minutes with a Brookly

Brooklyn Park police video: Shift from civility to survival mode can be needed in an instant

If police officers have learned anything, it's that they can never count on their adversaries to act logically.
Charlie Auspos
May 23, 2016
This 1982 photo shows Wheelock Whitney, Jr., speaking to a crowd in New Ulm, Minn. The Minnesota businessman and former Vikings co-owner has died. He

Wheelock Whitney had influence, all right – the best kind

Businessman cared most about people, and that was what I learned as a young recruit.
Editorial
May 23, 2016

Getting more travelers into PreCheck program

That's one way to address growing airport security system overload.
Don Wright
May 23, 2016
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Treatment costs: Don't jeopardize my health to fix health care

Because life, even with a serious illness like multiple myeloma, is a marathon worth running.
Lawrence R. Jacobs
May 23, 2016
Donald Trump

Wake up and see the Trump card: He can win

The chattering classes have been predicting the candidate's demise for months. Here are 5 reasons why these pundits are still wrong.
Mark Ostrem
May 20, 2016

There's still time for Legislature to fix sentencing reform

We need to get it right: more help for low-level drug offenders and tougher penalties for big dealers.
Letters
May 20, 2016
Brooklyn Park Police Chief Craig Enevoldsen showed a video of a 25-year-old man who was "locked in a violent struggle for three minutes with a Brookly

Readers Write (May 21): Brooklyn Park police video, Bernie Sanders, paid sick leave, light rail and sales taxes, Minneapolis parks, Minnesota sports

Contrast, don't compare Clark case with Brooklyn Park struggle.
John Rash
May 20, 2016
John Rash/Star Tribune

Rash Report: How propaganda propped up China's Cultural Revolution

Posters from a chaotic era depict China's descent into political, cultural calamity.
Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact.com
May 20, 2016
Workers march through downtown Los Angeles on April 14 to demand a nationwide $15-an-hour minimum wage. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times/TNS) ORG X

PolitiFact: Facts few, worries plentiful on $15 minimum wage

It's uncharted, even in terms of estimates about job losses vs. livability gains.
D.J. Tice
May 20, 2016
Theodore Roosevelt delivering another fiery address to a crowd of 50,000 on July 21, 1915. (AP Photo) ORG XMIT: APHS199

A political party crack-up? Change is a constant in politics, too

The rugs on which political parties stand have been pulled repeatedly throughout American history.
Lori Sturdevant
May 20, 2016

Watch that turnover in the Minnesota Legislature

Experience matters, and thus, so does legislator pay.
Ron Way
May 20, 2016
What's the matter with golf today?

What's the matter with golf today?

The game's governing body and traditionalists have stuck with rules and procedures that make it difficult, expensive, time-consuming — unapproachable. There are ways to change that.
Cartoons
May 20, 2016
Sack cartoon: Abandon hope, all ye who enter here

Sack cartoon: Abandon hope, all ye who enter here

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