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D.J. Tice
Gorsuch: Good with words, and thus, legal analysis?
I've been reading the tea leaves and finding them pleasingly well-written.
Lori Sturdevant
Minnesota's faith communities speak with one voice on refugee issue
A critical mass unites against Trump policy.
Carol Engebretson Byrne, and TIM ODEGARD
Travel restrictions impeded important bridge-building
International exchanges matter, especially for people in war-torn and developing lands who are seeking to find ways to make life better for their countrymen.
Sanna Nimtz Towns
Counterpoint: "No Boycott of Israel" bill in the Legislature must be defeated
This form of expression has a very long history, and it merits free-speech protection.
Noah Smith, Bloomberg View
Nuclear power: The big risks aren't safety, they're cost and innovation
Rapid advances in competing technologies, solar being just one, look to supplant reliance on nuclear energy, the cost of which has become prohibitive.
Editorial, Rochester Post-Bulletin
Minnesota Legislature considers a chilling bill on protests
Proposed crackdown threatens free speech and misses the point.
Fritz Knaak
Trump struck hard and fast; these guys are incredible
I am thankful, truly thankful, for our system of checks and balances.
Noah Feldman, Bloomberg
Liberals must calm down and pick their battles wisely
Constant outrage will get progressives nowhere; what's needed is a plan.
Safia Khan
Domestic violence continues to take its toll
Shockingly, data from 2016 and a decade ago are gruesomely similar.
Megan McArdle, Bloomberg View
Fake martyrdom is no way to oppose Trump
Sally Yates' grandstanding has no merit, and undermining legal norms could play into Trump's hands.
Douglas Yee
Sorry, but robust funding is way to conquer cancer
Cancer research funding is a drop in the bucket compared to health-care spending overall.
Robert K. Vischer
Lawyers' unsung role: When the high and mighty overreach, count on us
Whether it's Trump or Obama, we have the public's back.
Chicago Tribune editorial
Video gaming has found a new home in the Big Ten
Conference TV network will stream competitions between schools.
Editorial
On day of remembrance, White House embraced 'Holocaust denial'
Expanding genocide's meaning to include "everyone" obliterates history.
David Schultz
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Bills in Minnesota Legislature are at odds with balanced redistricting
The solution, in place elsewhere and which these bills forbid, is to have a non- or bipartisan commission do the work.
Russia's wrongheaded move to decriminalize domestic violence
Lawmakers recognize it as a "norm of family life," a critic says.
Lori Sturdevant
Have Minnesota leaders kicked the gridlock habit?
An agreement on health premium relief and other factors give reason for hope.
Richard Harris
This must be the place: The star power of St. Louis Park
The city has long had the reputation of evincing civic excellence and incubating people of import. Writer Richard Harris checked it out. It's still true.
Editorial
Before sending in feds, Trump should focus on Chicago police
DOJ report on shortcomings of city's policing is a good starting point.
John Rash
Rash Report: 'Alternative facts' and the power of words
The press reacts to — and is targeted by — the Trump administration in the week after the inaugural.
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