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Lori Sturdevant
Paid parenting leave: A union attraction for a new generation
How a benefit very relevant to millennials got back on the agenda.
Editorial
The importance of presidential debate moderators
Americans should hope they won't be as clueless as Matt Lauer.
Tyler Cowen, Bloomberg View
Calculating the value of Uber
The company's gains mean that there are trade-offs. That's how progress works.
Cass R. Sunstein, Bloomberg View
One way to get past the culture wars on campus
The University of Chicago, rejecting "trigger warnings," wasn't talking about political correctness — it was standing up for academic freedom.
Ivan Eland, Tribune News Service (TNS)
15 years after: Are we safer?
Fact is, terror has never been that big a threat, and would be smaller still but for our Middle East meddling.
Brad Shamla
Counterpoint: Pipelines are a vital link for the oil we all use
At Enbridge, our goal is safely and reliably providing energy.
Elizabeth J. Letourneau
Counterpoint: After Jacob, work harder to prevent child sexual abuse
Instead of just reacting to perpetrators, create programs so they don't offend in the first place.
Luke Zubrod
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Counterpoint: There's more to the J Robinson story
Attending the coach's camp changed my life. Perhaps it's his strength of character that is his real legacy.
Ramesh Ponnuru, Bloomberg View
Phyllis Schlafly was right about equal rights
But while she won her most famous battle, she lost the traditionalist war.
Editorial
Tamp down the politics and fund Zika research and prevention
Blame Congress for the shell game public health agencies have had to play.
Jeff Bergner
Where have we seen this campaign playbook before?
The establishment Democrat is warning of a "simplistic," shoot-from-the-hip Republican.
Mitch Pearlstein
General Mills' ad agency quotas leave a sour taste
Mandates based on race, gender and ethnicity can have unintended consequences.
Rex Huppke, Chicago Tribune (TNS)
Hillary ('Deep Throat') Clinton coughs up the deepest silliness of this campaign.
Can we really trust a coughing president?
Brad Bourn, Corey Webster, Nekima Levy-Pounds and Cathy Jones
Downhill skiing is a race to the bottom; caring for ski trails in Minneapolis isn't
A deal with the Loppet Foundation would privatize public jobs and bring a low-wage, exclusionary philosophy to the parks system.
Erica Wallace
Minneapolis high school football brawl: Unnerving reminder of value of sportsmanship
After what happened between Washburn and North, it may be as important to defend the overall concept as it is to find blame.
Lynn Nelson
What can we do to show the Wetterlings how much we care?
Lessons to keep in mind from the Jacob Wetterling story.
Dick Schwartz
A strange but sophisticated student I can't forget
And the classroom saga that ensued the day he was tardy.
Hobart Stocking
Could Republicans one day outflank Democrats on the environment?
They should try. It would be in sync with the public at large and with conservative principles.
James Stanton
Counterpoint: As workers, we all need Plan B
The choice might not involve conventional employment. Yet it might be enough to get by on — and be satisfying to boot.
John Marty and Mark Miller
Stop tar sands extraction; stop pipelines
The Obama administration must hold these projects to the same standards it held Keystone XL, which will lead to rejection of every one.
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