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JOHN C. CHALBERG
November 9, 2018

(Not-so) Great Crusades

The legacy of Armistice Day should be caution
Editorial
November 9, 2018
The Capitol is seen on the morning after Election Day as Democrats took back the House with a surge of fresh new candidates and an outpouring of voter

To our new leaders: Get to work for all Americans

Accountability, yes. But don't forget the basics: health care, economy, etc.
Letters
November 8, 2018
People comfort each other after a mass shooring at the Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks late Wednesday night, Nov. 7, 2018. (Wally Skalij/Los A

Readers Write: California shooting, calls for bipartisanship, Editorial Board advice (really?) for Ellison, red-blue in the governor's race and the (nonpartisan) Hennepin County sheriff's race

This. This is what we should fear.
Ann McFeatters, Tribune News Service (TNS)
November 8, 2018
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks at Brown University in Providence, R.I., Wednesday Nov. 7, 2018. Warren, who has pledged to take a hard look at a ru

A two-word plea to Sanders and Warren: Don't run

If you do, you'll re-elect Donald Trump. Many may not like him, but many are seduced, and they won't back far-left-progressives like you.
Editorial
November 8, 2018

Newly elected sheriffs in Ramsey, Hennepin counties must close divides

Winners of hotly contested races have some bridge-building to do.
STEVE CHAPMAN
November 8, 2018
An attendant weighs marijuana at the Far West Holistic Center dispensary, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018, in Detroit. Michigan voters have made their state t

In a divided nation, a consensus is emerging on one issue: Weed!

Michigan voters made their state the 10th to legalize marijuana, and 32 allow it to be consumed in some way.
Jonathan Bernstein, Bloomberg News (TNS)
November 8, 2018
Attorney General Jeff Sessions, right, waves after speaking at the U.S. Marshals Service 37th Director's Honorary Awards Ceremony, at the Department o

The Mueller investigation: Trump should learn from Nixon's mistakes

The president would be courting big trouble if he tried to subvert the special prosecutor.
Editorial
November 8, 2018
FILE -- Robert Mueller, the Justice Department’s special counsel, at the Capitol in Washington, June 21, 2017. Senior FBI officials who helped

Senate and House must move now to protect Mueller investigation

Trump's decision to fire Sessions and bypass Rosenstein poses a critical threat.
Randall D. Eliason, The Washington Post
November 8, 2018
FILE ó Attorney General Jeff Sessions testifies appears before a Senate committee in Washington on April 25, 2018. President Donald Trump forced

Don't freak out about Sessions ... at least not yet

Fact is, DOJ's handling of the Mueller probe is one thing that's gone right in Trump-world.
Cartoons
November 7, 2018
Sack cartoon: At the White House, after the midterms

Sack cartoon: At the White House, after the midterms

Opinion
November 7, 2018
Editorial cartoon: Lisa Benson on the midterms

Editorial cartoon: Lisa Benson on the midterms

Letters
November 7, 2018
President Donald Trump listens to a question from CNN journalist Jim Acosta during a news conference in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, N

Readers Write: President Donald Trump after the midterms, effectiveness of political ads in the Third District, the midterms in general, the voting process

Trump forgets who he works for.
Editorial
November 7, 2018

Advice for Minnesota's next attorney general

A cautious approach, one focused on professionalism, will inspire confidence.
Editorial
November 7, 2018
Governor-elect Tim Walz takes the stage for his acceptance speech at the DFL headquarters election party on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, at the Intercontine

Minnesota's urban-rural divide is in need of healing

Both parties must recommit to shared goals and serving the entire state.
November 7, 2018
The Capitol is seen on the morning after Election Day as Democrats took back the House with a surge of fresh new candidates and an outpouring of voter

The midterms: Sizing up what the voters said

With tens of millions ballots cast, messages were loud, if not clear. Forthwith, an array of assessments and (hang on) a look toward 2020.

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