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Dahleen Glanton, Chicago Tribune (TNS)
August 14, 2017
Days after the violence in Charlottesville, Va., President Donald Trump on Monday personally condemned white supremacists who incited the bloody demon

An angry white leader of angry white men

Americans who thought bigotry would die out with the aging population must be sorely disappointed.
Editorial
August 13, 2017
FILE-- President Donald Trump speaks after signing an executive action that will order the construction of a Mexican border wall, at the Department of

Efforts to combat extremism must not falter after top federal official resigns

The private sector should help fill void if Trump administration doesn't.
Cartoons
August 12, 2017
Sack cartoon: The road to 2020

Sack cartoon: The road to 2020

Glen Taylor, Owner of the Star Tribune
August 12, 2017

Glen Taylor: Win-win approach to politics worked in my time in office, and still would

I learned that for me to win, others did not need to lose.
Editorial
August 12, 2017
A vehicle drives into a group of protesters demonstrating against a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. The nati

In Virginia, the ugly terror of white supremacism

Michael Nesset
August 11, 2017

The good old days … really were, in ways

What do I miss? The things that sometimes brought people together.
Cartoons
August 11, 2017
Sack cartoon: Fallout shelter for Trumpsters

Sack cartoon: Fallout shelter for Trumpsters

John Rash
August 11, 2017
Rash Report: Steve Sack on his 'little piece of real estate in the paper'

Rash Report: Steve Sack on his 'little piece of real estate in the paper'

A book and a "Talk of the Stacks" event reflect remarkable career of the Star Tribune cartoonist.
John Phelan
August 11, 2017
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) discusses the Raise Act, immigration legislation he and Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.), right, are sponsoring, with President Dona

Editorial counterpoint: More workers will help us prosper, if they're the right kind of workers

Amid worries about Minnesota's labor shortage, entrepreneurship may be what matters.
Kris Potter
August 11, 2017
A man watches a television screen showing President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at the Seoul Train Station

A dreaded flashback to 'duck and cover' in the '60s

This week's frightening war of words recalled memories of the fears that lay just below the surface of my sunny, California childhood.
John Harrigan
August 11, 2017
President John F. Kennedy opens at a Washington news conference on Sept. 13, 1962, with a lengthy statement on the Cuban situation. The president decl

Six lessons in leadership from '62 Cuba crisis

We can compare and contrast John Kennedy's response to the Soviet threat with Donald Trump's reaction to North Korean aggression.
Editorial, Dallas Morning News
August 11, 2017

Microsoft researcher regrets security advice that drives many of us nuts

Bill Burr now says simple language, not odd combinations, are safer.
Lori Sturdevant
August 11, 2017

There's no transit plan so needed, so far off that it can't find its foes

But needs are changing, and neighborhoods will, too.
Editorial
August 11, 2017

Journalist Austin Tice went to Syria to report, not to fight

His ambitions were noble, and his kidnappers should set him free.
Editorial, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
August 11, 2017
FILE — Glen Campbell performs during “The Goodbye Tour,” less than a year after he disclosed his diagnosis of Alzheimer’s

Glen Campbell sang the songs of a difficult life

He'll forever be part of America's soundtrack.

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