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David Banks
Forwarded with comment: 'Econ 101' in political arguments (updated with additional response)
A D.J. Tice column on the perceived burdens of taxes and tariffs is up for further discussion following a rebuttal in MinnPost.
Daniel Okrent
Educational standards as primary benchmark for immigration: We've seen this move before
Jared Kushner's immigration plan is a version of a discriminatory effort from more than a century ago.
Editorial
State Capitol compromise is imperfect but welcome
Leaders worked hard and gave up some of what they wanted to produce a deal. Bravo.
David Banks
Artificial intelligence: Now taking the words right out of our mouths
And putting them in there, too.
Cartoons
Editorial
Trump's new immigration plan is an improvement, if it's for real
It's also political posturing.
Letters
Readers Write: Online speech regulation, BWCA mining, the NRA
Don't let big tech firms dictate their own speech standards.
John Rash
Rash Report: Even from a co-founder, Facebook faces calls for reform
"Christchurch Call" amplifies global concern over antisocial abuse of social media.
Editorial
Debts should not deny diplomas
Attorney general is right; students must not be punished when parents don't pay for lunch.
D.J. Tice
Econ 101 is politically conducive — suddenly, selectively
When the left thinks (or not) about impacts on businesses and consumers, tariff-taxes terrible. Tax-taxes totally cool.
Tim Penny and David Minge
Our leaders are too reliant on the national credit card
There was a shining moment of fiscal discipline in the 1990s. What's happened since is shameful and dangerous.
Letters
Readers Write: Abortion, names and history, lake quality, policy organizations and ideology
Finding the "dispositive criterion."
Editorial
Two steps forward on Rx price reform; one is solid, the other, not so much
Feds tout TV price disclosure, but Minnesota lawmakers deliver real reform.
CRAIG BOWRON
A walk through Deep Time on the Stone Arch Bridge
Here's a thought experiment to put our impact on this world in perspective.
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