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Niki Gjere
Bill would provide true research oversight at University of Minnesota. It's needed.
Problems will continue with research in the Psychiatry Department until there is an external monitor.
Rebecca Gagnon, John Vento and Bruce Richardson
Editorial counterpoint: Ahem, K-12 proposals leave gaping funding holes
From pre-existing shortfalls to the demands of subsidies for special education, there are lots of needs before we argue about a surplus.
Jim Hovland, Jim Sanborn and Terry Schneider
Counterpoint: 'Tweaks' are, in fact, the best model for Met Council
As mayors, we see firsthand how much the seven-county agency is indeed accountable and responsive to the communities it serves.
Paul Torkelson and Bob Vogel
Editorial counterpoint: State could borrow more, but it shouldn't
Bonding needs a limit on how much is put on the credit card.
Editorial
Making airport security less of a hassle
The TSA needs more screeners and passengers signed up for PreCheck.
STEPHEN B. YOUNG
Lessons from the (last) Cold War
Trump and Sanders talk big in ways that would shrink America's stature. Look for guidance instead to 20th-century strategists like Churchill and Kennan.
Justin Fox, Bloomberg View
Opponents of urban density: Are you really fighting the good fight?
Examples from around the country help to illustrate how self-centered some people are being.
Helen Kim
Child protection: In this system, a more complicated kind of Mother's Day
For those involved in the system, there are burdens to overcome, and there are frustrations that sometimes border on disbelief.
Garrison Keillor
Religion and politics: There's strength in the hand of the Almighty
It may not exactly beget the sort of redemption one could admire, but even those who pass through Washington are God's children.
Rick Gibson
A convention speech we'd like to hear
There you were. I entertained you. … Oh, well, whatever, never mind.
Editorial
'Redskins' and the First Amendment
Yes, name is offensive, but withholding trademark protections is wrong.
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.
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