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D.J. Tice
Bonnie Blodgett
From a right-leaning think tank, hope for better farm policy
Conservation may be coming back into the conservative conversation, fueling hope that herd politics won't prevent urgent change.
Jonah Goldberg, Tribune News Service (TNS)
Protectionism (n.): a conspiracy to raise prices
It is a rare corporate titan who favors a free market that's bad for the bottom line. But such resistance cannot endure without help from the government.
Editorial
Only Republicans in Congress can end Trump's smear campaign on the FBI
But so far they've shown no interest in providing needed leadership.
Joe Nathan
Schools keep improving, so now let's get our candidates on board
Some key questions to ask those running for governor and the Minnesota Legislature this year.
FROM THE ECONOMIST
Global war: It's closer than you think
It's not just the danger of North Korea. China and Russia lurk as threats to peace.
Megan McArdle, Bloomberg View
'Bad' feminists, 'good' feminists, and what it will take to change men
Younger women seem to feel powerless to require better male behavior without treating all misbehavior as equally heinous.
Lori Sturdevant
A wave of women on Minnesota ballots — one side, mostly
#MeToo brings a lineup of special-election hopefuls.
Timothy Taylor
The steady economy: Trump's doing? No — but, yes, too
Or, in some ways, his not-doing. Sure, a president inherits what was already happening, but businesses do react to promises — both kept and not kept.
Editorial, Detroit Free Press
After Nassar verdict, Michican State has work to do
School's community deserves answers on complicity, or willful ignorance.
Sue Schettle
Counterpoint: Articles on worker shortages ignored direct care providers
OK, it's a tight market for bar help. But services for disabled are "on the brink."
John Rash
Rash Report: Amid Lebanese strife, an Oscar compliment for 'The Insult'
Acclaimed Lebanese film focuses on unhealed wounds from vicious civil war.
Vina Kay
After the Super Bowl, will they keep watching us? And if so, why?
Don't let the legacy of the big game be an increased culture of surveillance.
Trent Lott and John Breaux
Want to fix Congress? Bring back the pork!
Much-maligned 'earmarks' are an important way things get done. Banning them has only enthroned gridlock.
Kyndel McConchie
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Apologies to mistreated Vikings visitors, from a die-hard Philly fan
And thank you to the Philly folks who treated their guests in purple as human beings.
Editorial, Bloomberg View
U.S. must do more for disabled veterans
Instead of just payments, help them find jobs and re-enter society.
Mark Osler
Grand jury: The prosecutor's powerful, truth-seeking tool
How two high-profile cases are using this ancient part of our legal system to obtain testimony and unearth documents.
David Unmacht, Kris Capel, Sara Anderson and Tracy Corcoran
On the ground in Haiti, delivering water and love
But what do you do when you are volunteering on a church mission trip and your president denigrates your host country?
Petula Dvorak, The Washington Post
Larry Nassar's enablers? A nation full of doubters who won't believe women.
His sentencing, after so many had reported abuse and been ignored, only confirms our culture's deep denial about sexual predation.
Mike Hatch
Mike Hatch on sex trafficking: I was a leader in this fight, too, when I was Minnesota's AG
Counterpoint: The Hofstede Committee, which I appointed, produced one of the leading reports on this topic.
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