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Todd Gitlin
1968 remembered: The year that tumbled revolutionary communism
In the course of the year, four versions of communist leadership were gravely discredited: in France, Czechoslovakia, Cuba and China.
David Foster
1968 remembered: A Minnesotan in Paris during the uprising
The city that year was a social laboratory for identifying the conflicts in a post-World War II order. The lasting message : that societies can and must debate themselves, though at a price.
Trudy Rubin, Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS)
What to expect from Putin's fourth term
It starts with a joke about sanctions that "isn't really funny."
Clive Crook, Bloomberg View
No dull administrative matter: a meditation on citizenship
I have a green card, so it isn't complicated. Yet it's a really big deal. The subject preoccupies me as I apply to become an American.
Editorial
Get vets the care they need — when and where they need it
Some routine care doesn't have to be delivered at a VA hospital or clinic.
Diana Benjaafar
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Counterpoint: Minneapolis school board made the right budget choices
It was critical to restore a $6.4 million cut to the district's middle and high schools.
Stephen L. Carter, Bloomberg News (TNS)
An open letter to the creator of 'The West Wing' (the TV show)
A reboot? Yes, please! But you'll have to do a few things differently. Here's a map of needs for modern fiction.
David McMillan
U gems in northern Minnesota are worth state investment
Key research is being done at aging facilities from Itasca State Park to the Boundary Waters. Legislators would be wise to fund our request for several nuts-and-bolts repairs.
Editorial
Starbucks settlement is a win for all concerned
Instead of costly litigation, the city and company did the right thing.
John Rash
Rash Report: Kabul carnage a reminder of an oft-forgotten conflict
Afghan citizens, multinational forces and an international press corps are under relentless siege from violent extremists.
Jean Boler
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2018 Legislature: Why the sex harassment fix must move forward
A measure passed in the House but stalled in the Senate would restore Minnesota's groundbreaking workplace protections.
Doug Sosnik
Impeachment then and now: How did Clinton survive? By doing everything Trump is not.
There was no communications gain or political victory worth running the risk of increasing the president's legal exposure. Every communication and action was about conveying leadership and stability.
Dan Cain
Editorial counterpoint: How Minnesota's prison population got out of control
Over time, pragmatic requirements created for the Sentencing Guidelines Commission fell victim to meddling, and the societal effects rained down.
Lori Sturdevant
Questions about the Legislature? Answers here.
On its size, influences, vacancies, constitutional obligations and more.
David Banks
The adoption equation
A birth mother's story confirms adoption as an act of love, while an older adoptee finds obstacles to knowing his own origins.
Greg Stohr, Bloomberg News (TNS)
Paging Justice Kennedy: Please don't step down
Speculation arises anew over possible retirement of court's key swing voter.
Nancy Cripe
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For Teacher Appreciation Week, passing the torch on a love of space
And Mr. Corbett has a lesson on rebuilding for Minnehaha, too.
Editorial
Congress missed an opporunity to reform air traffic control
Corporate-jet and private-plane lobbies feared having to pay higher fees.
Megan McArdle, The Washington Post
When it comes to loving their kids, parents are the 'experts'
Alfie Evans case isn't really about health care systems — but about different cultures' degree of deference to family.
James Hovland, Elizabeth Kautz and Janet Williams
No need to mess with the Metropolitan Council
Tweaks such as staggered terms make sense. But here's why we mayors think switching membership to local officials is ill-advised.
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