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John Rash
December 2, 2016
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Rugby player Gareth Thomas in a Guinness Beer ad that is part of the British Arrows Awards now screening at the Walker Art Cen

Rash Report: Brexit not an exit of U.K. creativity

The British Arrows Awards, now screening at the Walker, show Britain's international cultural impact.
D.J. Tice
December 2, 2016

Unions and sound policing: New evidence of an old obstacle

Police chiefs, sheriffs get overruled on disciplinary actions.
Lori Sturdevant
December 2, 2016

Voters do worry that billionaires buy elections

Trump, unbeholden to big money? Just a wish.
John Rash
November 26, 2016
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau greets members of a Syrian refugee family during Canada Day celebrations on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa on Friday, July 1

Rash Report: A Canadian view of America's election

In Winnipeg, expressions of concern, insight and affection for America's turbulent politics.
Lori Sturdevant
November 23, 2016
Minnesota Farmer's Union president Doug Peterson, right, and vice president Gary Wertish talk about the new headquarters, a 15,000 square-foot-space t

Neglected: The path to winning rural Minnesota votes

Some of state's best historical ideas for achieving equity remain the best way forward.
Lori Sturdevant
November 18, 2016

Greater MSP and the talent pool: A mission to ease the election's ills

Coming together for our region's future is still a highly relevant goal.
D.J. Tice
November 18, 2016
A voter is reflected in glass at a voting site in this file photo.

The Electoral College still gets my vote

Another conflict with the popular vote gives me pause, but what's better?
John Rash
November 11, 2016
President-elect Donald Trump, accompanied by his wife Melania, speaks to the media on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016, after meeti

Rash Report: America needs Trump's relationship with the news media to improve

Protecting our democracy here at home and projecting our values abroad requires respect for a free press.
Lori Sturdevant
November 11, 2016

Blue state's margin won't last without DFL focus on all of it

DFL must remember to pay attention to economic security in rural Minnesota.
D.J. Tice
November 11, 2016

Donald Trump: Leader of the American empire's lost tribe

Don't know if he read Charles Murray's book "Coming Apart," but he got it.
John Rash
November 4, 2016
Robert Redford portrays Bob Woodward in "All the President's Men" (1976) and office-seeker Bill McKay in "The Candidate" (1972).

Rash Report: Robert Redford's prescient '70s films speak to 2016's politics

What "The Candidate" and "All the President's Men" can tell us about today's divisive environment.
Lori Sturdevant
November 4, 2016

A breakthrough moment for women, and, as usual, it's a struggle

A breakthrough to leadership still requires working twice as hard.
D.J. Tice
October 28, 2016
A visitor passes the courtroom of the Supreme Court in Washington, Oct. 4, 2016. The Supreme Court is begins its new term as it ended the last one, do

The right way to nominate a Supreme Court justice …

… is not Clinton's way. (Or Trump's, if that matters.) It's the historical way.
Lori Sturdevant
October 28, 2016

In the leadership battle for Minnesota House, what about the leaders?

Let's examine the curricula vitae of the two men who'd run the state House.
John Rash
October 28, 2016
People walk by an AT&T retail store, Monday, Oct. 24, 2016, in New York. AT&T plans to buy Time Warner for $85.4 billion. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) ORG

Rash Report: Media mega-merger plan raises political eyebrows

Expect extra scrutiny reflecting concerns over concentration.
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