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Editorial Board
February 14, 2020

'People always forget their thumbs.' Mayo doctor's late-night TV cameo on handwashing worth another look.

America, it's time for a handwashing refresher course. A Minnesota physician has one ready to go.
Cartoons
February 14, 2020
Sack cartoon: The new Jaws movie

Sack cartoon: The new Jaws movie

Editorial
February 14, 2020

Plans to deport Hmong U.S. residents ignore history, are counterproductive

There are too many questions about why extreme measure is necessary.
Editorial
February 14, 2020
President Donald Trump spoke with reporters in the Oval Office on Tuesday.

Stone case shows Trump learned all the wrong lessons from acquittal

It seems the president's allies' hopes for change are never rewarded.
Letters
February 14, 2020
This subway ride in Tokyo was not, by all indications, plagued by public safety disruptions.

Readers Write: Public safety on transit, Trump vs. Democrats, legislative priorities

My solution: Law and order
Letters
February 14, 2020
MANCHESTER, NH - FEBRUARY 10: Supporters cheer as U.S. President Donald Trump arrives for a "Keep America Great" rally at Southern New Hampshire Unive

Readers Write: 2020 election, homelessness, Houston Astros, door-knocking, nature

Democrats, stick to the strategy.
Letters
February 14, 2020
President Donald Trump addresses a campaign rally at the SNHU Arena in Manchester, N.H., Feb 10, 2020. Like an assignment editor at a tabloid newspape

Readers Write: The drama of President Donald Trump, proposed education amendment

With Trump as president, the drama never ends.
Monisha Walters, Tamara Cabán-Ramirez and Beatriz Menanteau
February 14, 2020
Superintendent Ed Graff addressed one of the questions submitted by the audience in attendance. On the panel with him were, from left, Eric Moore, Chi

Minneapolis school district believes in, yet turns its back on, dual immersion

A plan would move such programs away from where they're needed most.
Editorial
February 13, 2020
A vial containing the MMR vaccine was loaded into a syringe.

Vaccines now have a voice at State Capitol

Commendable health care coalition will push to strengthen Minnesota's immunization laws.
Cartoons
February 13, 2020
Sack cartoon: Attorney General William Barr

Sack cartoon: Attorney General William Barr

Judith Koll Healey
February 13, 2020
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., left, greets people outside a New Hampshire primary polling location, Tuesday, Feb. 11,

A Catholic case for Amy Klobuchar

The chief task of the new president will be to stand for justice, unite the country and move it forward for the benefit of all citizens.
Letters
February 13, 2020
Steam rises up over a school bus lot on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa. Temperatures Thursday morning dropped to minus 33 degrees with t

Readers Write: Redistricting, education amendment, free transit, campaigning, impeachment

Kids can handle new schools. Can we?
Multiple authors
February 13, 2020
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An assessment of the Minnesota Senate bill on clean energy

There are six specific ways it's flawed, but most of all, it doesn't put us on the right trajectory.
Sarah Stackley
February 13, 2020
File - In this Aug. 29, 2018 file photo, Linda Montel shows off supplies on a check in desk at Safer Inside, a realistic model of a safe injection sit

Twin Cities needs supervised injection sites. Now.

They prevent worse outcomes. The practice has been successful elsewhere, and there's an urgent need for it in the Twin Cities.
David Peterson
February 13, 2020
Pete Buttigieg smiles as he is cheered by supporters at a primary night gathering in Nashua, N.H., on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020. Buttigieg finished secon

Yes, Buttigieg could win the nomination. And the presidency. If …

With forthright discussion of a mayoral mistake, a pledge to seek an African-American woman as running mate and even a bit of personal imperfection, he can overcome the obstacles.

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