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Neil Elliott
Counterpoint: Why the Crusades are still a bad idea
Another round of arming religious extremists — be they Muslim or Christian — is not going to make the world a less-violent place.
Editorial, Dallas Morning News
Tim Connelly
Veterans and the Donald Trump controversy: So what if you weren't a war hero?
I wasn't, though I served. I was just forgotten. And watching the reaction to the release of POWs drove that fact home.
Donald M. Hall
CEO pay: Moving up on its own momentum
There's no one to stop executive compensation. Those who don't have an incentive to control it won't — and those who do … can't.
Megan Ritchie Jooste
Sam Tanenhaus
Connecting, for better or worse, in an atomized America
Presidential candidates' emphasis on "relatability" shows U.S. values in flux.
Carl Honoré
Deadlines: If world leaders can have wiggle room, why can't I?
Maybe the time has come to reconsider the idea altogether.
Howell Raines
'Go Set a Watchman': On further reflection
Thank you, Harper Lee, for stripping Atticus Finch of his aura of perfection.
Albert R. Hunt
Hyping the migration crisis on the U.S. border
Despite the politics, the border is more secure than it's been in years. Let's count the ways.
DAVID PENCE
These wars — they're religious. Will the West take its proper side?
Christian martyrs around the world are looking in vain for a champion to protect them.
Lori Sturdevant
Legislators come and sometimes go too soon
The pay, combined with the logistics, make the role tough for those who aim to be citizens and not just professional pols.
John C. “Chuck” Chalberg
You teach a while, with particular zeal, and then you … move on?
That might be the way that H.L. Mencken would have had it, if we were to wonder — and we should.
Editorial
Our Incarceration Nation needs change
President Obama's visit to a prison capped off a week of attention to the subject.
Kendra Pierre-Louis
The lost act of drinking from a public fountain
We don't trust it anymore, and that actually hurts our health.
R. Louis Bofferding
Mourning the loss of Minneapolis spaces with character
Who needs another apartment tower? Quaint Handicraft Guild buildings are irreplacable.
Editorial
Next up in Iran: freedom for detainees
After the nuclear accord, it's time for the release of reporter and other Americans.
PETER BENNER
Counterpoint: Why we still need to give MNsure a chance
Abandoning what we've started and moving to the federal system would be bad for Minnesotans on many levels.
John Rash
On superheroes, social media and society
"Batkid Begins" documentary depicts Americans eager to see, and do, good.
Chris Shoff
Federal water rules are too costly for Minnesota counties
We ask our senators to help rewrite these inconsistent, overreaching regulations.
Ashoka Mody, Bloomberg View
Why Germany should leave the euro
Now that we've broken the taboo, the lead creditor should be the one to exit, not Greece.
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