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Super Bowl belies smaller ratings for big events
Fractured TV ratings reflect a fragmented nation, with ever fewer shared cultural experiences.
John Rash
'Closed loop' of Olympics extends to Chinese society, too
The 2008 Beijing Games showed China's "emergence on the world stage." This year's version reflects the repression of the Chinese government.
John Rash
Is the party over for Boris?
Flouting his government's own pandemic rules for revelry at No. 10 Downing Street created a crisis for the British prime minister.
D.J. Tice
If we couldn't lick the Taliban, let's be cautious on Ukraine
History, geography raise the stakes and risks.
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Biden at year one: More Ford than Carter (or FDR)
In his heady early days, he was compared to Roosevelt. Lately, to Carter. But Ford is the more apt precedent for this presidency.
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Democracy's dangers include redistricting
And Minnesota shouldn't become complacent in our safety just because our courts tend to lead the charge.
John Rash
Echoes of Stalinist past as Russia silences its top human rights group
The Kremlin's closing of Memorial, dedicated in part to chronicling Stalin-era crimes, says much about the Putin era and the power of individuals and art, like Alexander Solzhenitsyn's "Gulag Archipelago," in piercing repression.
D.J. Tice
The high cost of humbug
Beware politicians who see prices and wages in need of improvement everywhere they look.
John Rash
2022's global risks include not reckoning with 2021's domestic one
America's ability to effectively respond to geopolitical crises is hindered by divisions apparent in the attack on the Capitol.
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D.J. Tice
Lori Sturdevant
In post-Roe Minnesota, abortion could be a potent political issue
Under state court precedent, it would be difficult to outlaw abortion in our state. But it's not unthinkable.
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Is political polarity heading toward a 'tipping point'?
New study reflects concern about "a critical point above which polarization becomes difficult, if not impossible, to reverse."
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