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Donald Trump: The worst GOP headache God ever created.
He'll add entertainment value, boost debate ratings. But this race was already enough of a circus.
Jeff Wise
Air travel: The underacknowledged scourge of the skies
Flying the friendly skies is terrible for the environment. Can new technology change that? Or must our habits change?
Jon Brandt
Minnesota Sex Offender Program: Public safety or public policy?
Ten factors in favor of federal court intervention. (A decision is imminent.)
Ramesh Ponnuru, Bloomberg News (TNS)
Six things Jeb Bush revealed about his candidacy
Some we knew, some we didn't. But the ideological game plan between the primaries and general election is taking shape.
Editorial
Companies are exploiting tech visa loophole
American workers are being undermined under the guise of the H-1B program.
William Cory Labovitch
The election system: About those always-runs
Perennial candidates like the late Dick Franson are tricky for democracy, but especially for the major parties.
Rick Geehan
Why does it take so long to spot active data breaches?
That'll be a key question on the minds of information security professionals gathering in Minneapolis this week.
Steve Watson
The state of Minnesota's Q Comp program, 10 years in
The idea was incentives for quality, but no significant data exist to validate the program and its funding.
Danielle Allen
The Declaration of Independence, punctuated with confusion
Various printed versions of the document can lead to differing interpretations of "the pursuit of happiness."
Tom Ginsburg
James A. Densley and David Squier Jones
Black lives lost: a genocide from within
Why are we silent on the issue of black people killing black people?
John S. Adams
U controversies: When we ask professors to run things, we ask a lot
It's a task that requires training, which they didn't get, and special skills, which they may or may not acquire.
Peter Orszag, Bloomberg View
So trade with Asia is OK if it benefits your own port?
Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants to capitalize on Panama Canal expansion — her way.
Editorial
Meeting Caitlyn Jenner: A dose of empathy all around
Sexual identity has reached another crossroads in America.
Editorial, Bloomberg View
Carbon tax bill has real promise
It would cut emissions and protect competitiveness. Still, there are things about it that should be done differently.
RICHARD ALBA
Despite society's racial changes, white we are
Our methods of measurement — and our conversation — both fail in the face of complication.
D.J. Tice
Same-sex marriage, ACA: Two occasions for Supreme Court restraint
Both same-sex marriage and the Affordable Care Act should be left to legislation.
Lori Sturdevant
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Bakk's dealmaking this year perturbed his caucus
It boils down to resolving budgets and policy matters simultaneously.
Hank Shea
Ron Way and Steve Berg
How about a wilder river? Imagine this Mississippi
How the river became what we see today in the Twin Cities, and the costs and benefits of restoring its wilder nature.
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