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Roger Barr
USS Fitzgerald incident recalls another disaster at sea
A terrible typhoon struck the USS Pittsburgh and the rest of the 5th Fleet 72 years ago. Then, as now, the crew showed extraordinary seamanship.
Judith Koll Healey
'White privilege': My generation can be trained
I'd never liked the term, but a discussion with my granddaughter gave me an opportunity to rethink.
Cartoons
Bonnie Blodgett
Conventionally farmed land is literally dirt poor. A Vermont couple has set out to change that.
Small tweaks like Gov. Mark Dayton's buffer zones won't make this system sustainable. Small tweaks in our economic model can make a difference, however.
Editorial
Neighboring senators, Medicaid's fate is on you
Small-town providers, patients would bear brunt of GOP's cuts.
Letters
Readers Write: 'Our half-century of derangement,' 'Trump country,' Wall Street, health care
A rewriting of history.
Lori Sturdevant
Can feminism's goals once again be bipartisan?
For women, the economic mission is yet to be accomplished.
Editorial
Russia, U.S. should take more care in the air
Using fighter jets to send messages could get out of hand.
Letters
John Kass, Tribune Content Agency
Bernie Sanders, the left, Christianity and the Constitution
Specifically, how far will the left go to neutralize Christianity? Consider the de facto leader of the Democratic Party, Bernie Sanders.
Norman J. Ornstein
The constitutional crisis that almost was
The shootings at a baseball field nearly triggered a crisis of governance, because they could have left uncertainty over the majority status in the House.
Editorial
Congress should pass new sanctions on Russia as meddling evidence grows
The Senate has taken bipartisan action to send a strong message to Russia.
Editorial
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Parade organizers should take no pride in decision to ban police
The hurt over the Yanez decision is understandable, but this won't help.
Charlotte A. Tschider
Hacking as civil disobedience: A dichotomy for Americans
Although it's fueled by a cultivated institutional distrust, it is illegal. This is true even though the definition of data as property is tangled.
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