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John Rash
Rash Report: Visceral video differentiates this impeachment trial
While a Senate acquittal is still highly likely, the series of searing images frames a different debate than the first trial.
Rash Report, John Rash
Another coronavirus mutation: moviegoing
Nominations for the Golden Globe Awards and Screen Actors Guild Awards reflect Netflix's rise amid the ongoing COVID pandemic.
D.J. Tice
Taxing the rich is trickier than it seems
Taxes incentivize people and businesses to change their behaviors, which is important when we consider who will pay in the end.
John Rash
Tracking the 'extremist land rush' on social media
From Cairo to the Capitol to the Kremlin and beyond, the web continues to play a significant role in antigovernment protests.
John Rash
Amanda Gorman composes a poetic inauguration
Poetry is "having a moment" as America is riveted by a poem (and poet) that captures a country's and inauguration's inflection point.
John Rash
America's divide seen in a clash of symbols
The Capitol attack, including the desecration of the American flag and unfurling of the Confederate one, shows the power of symbols.
Opinion
Geopolitical risks begin here at home
As President-elect Joe Biden prepares for foreign crises, political analysts see the need to address domestic divisions in America.
John Rash
High-tech espionage veils le Carré's spy era
Surveillance trending more click-and-digital than cloak-and-dagger.
Lori Sturdevant
The sorry state of 'One Minnesota' needs attention from Walz
He'll need broad support in order to lead effectively, and in November 2022.
John Rash
Amid pandemic and digital upheavals, Charlie Brown and British ads endear, endure
PBS picks up the "Peanuts" Thanksgiving and Christmas specials while the Walker Art Center's Arrows Awards go virtual this year.
John Rash
Biden White House will face black swans
The post-vote turmoil is itself an example of a geopolitically risky event that may test his foreign-policy and national-security teams.
Lori Sturdevant
Minnesota voters still cross party lines
Recent trends toward partisan allegiance work against good government. Thankfully, some ticket-splitters remain with us.
D.J. Tice
Oust Trump. Disappoint the left. Just right.
America needed to jettison this president, but happily it did it without empowering the leftist fanaticism threatening to stampede.
John Rash
Country could use a 'James Baker-like' figure
Co-author of compelling new James Baker biography says that "The Man Who Ran Washington" knew how to get stuff done.
Jill Burcum
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