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Michael J. Hicks
'Bring back jobs' promise? It is, quite simply, a lie
Midwesterners longing for a return to a manufacturing heyday of the 1960s need to look elsewhere for answers than to the misleading slogans of Sanders and Trump.
Richard Davis, Scott Wine and Doug Baker
Minnesota businesses need transit, and we need it now
As CEOs of the Twin Cities' major employers, we ask legislators to seize this opportunity.
Norm Coleman
Norm Coleman: Dayton pulls an 'Obama' in denying mineral leases
His unilateral decision on Twin Metals project skirts due process.
Bernie Hunhoff
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Counterpoint: Gee, did you have to slam South Dakota — again?
Minnesotans, stop looking down your noses. You might even want to live here.
Lori Davis
It's unfair to pick on college athletes to push an agenda
Dayton and MnSCU are pitting one state against another over bathroom bill.
Editorial, St. Cloud Times
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There's room for legislative compromise on Northstar to St. Cloud
It's worth trying a short-term experiment rather than a $43 million plan.
John Kass
The Hillary vs. The Donald: What difference, at this point, does it make?
One of them will be president. Maybe we deserve it.
Arne Carlson and Gerald Sikorski
How 'dialing for dollars' has perverted Congress
Our elected representatives can't govern if they are acting part-time as telemarketers. It's time to put the phone down — and lead.
Ellen Krug
For transgender people like me, Target's bathroom policy offers hope
The company's brave stand on its restroom policy is affirming and heartwarming.
The same old suspects fight attempts to control high cost of prescription drugs
Doctors, pharmaceutical companies are bucking reasonable reforms.
Ramesh Ponnuru, Bloomberg View
Trump at apogee: Beating Clinton won't be so easy.
Even when unified, the GOP has struggled in presidential races for a quarter century.
Ramesh Ponnuru, Bloomberg View
Do you hate Trump voters? You've got a problem
An intelligent and decent person shouldn't back Donald Trump — but an intelligent and decent person nonetheless might.
Joshua J. Whitfield
'Lucifer in the flesh' and our age of insults
Former Speaker Boehner's characterization of Ted Cruz was, yeah, kind of funny, but is there no one to guide us away from the gutter?
Rogelio Salinas
School discipline: Chart a path toward 'a world that is not yet'
Minnesota recently voted down a dangerous "expulsion bill" that would have discriminated against students of color like me. Here's why it matters to the rest of the country — and what legislators should vote for instead.
Raymond A. Smith
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton should name their entire Cabinets right now
It "takes a village," after all. Wouldn't we benefit from knowing the participants in advance?
Paula Dwyer, Bloomberg View (TNS)
Universal basic income should be the next big thing
It's more than a policy wonk's fantasy — and it should hold appeal across ideologies.
Michele Maiers
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In Minnesota, standards for massage therapy and other body work are overdue
The work is important, as are consistent expectations. However, we've fallen behind.
Jack B. Osborn
Lincoln hadn't. Prince hadn't. Have you? (Made a will.)
It's easy to procrastinate — to avoid making crucial decisions — but know that the planning will pay off.
Mark Buchanan Bloomberg View
Climate change: The psychology of inaction
Future threats are a mental blind spot for us — and they always have been — but there are ways to get around that.
Jonathan Bernstein, Bloomberg View
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