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Arnold Schwarzenegger and David Daley
September 9, 2019
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Too many U.S. voters live under minority rule. Here's why.

Gerrymandering distorts representation not just in Congress but in legislatures, Wisconsin among them.
Editorial
September 7, 2019

Mistreated by a TSA screener? Court says you can seek damages

Those who abuse their authority must be held accountable.
Clarence Page
September 7, 2019

A teachable MeToo moment in Al Franken's fall?

Some are reevaluating his outcome and standards of chastisement.
Stephen B. Young
September 6, 2019
Security blanket the United States is for the world

2020 campaign: Where are the worldly concerns?

A president should have mature views about our nation's global role. Democratic candidates have been awfully quiet about this.
Ash Carter
September 6, 2019
This June 10, 2017 photo provided by Operation Resolute Support, U.S. Soldiers with Task Force Iron maneuver an M-777 howitzer, so it can be towed int

We don't need a draft or mandatory public service

It wouldn't match the best people to the right tasks. We'd do better by simply promoting the underlying ideals.
Peter H. Nerothin
September 6, 2019
Minnesota Vikings kicker Blair Walsh (3) missed a 27-yard field goal late in the fourth quarter at TCF Bank Stadium as the team bowed out of the playo

Could a Super Bowl victory be the worst case for Vikings fans?

Would we be as tight if we tasted success?
Judd Birdsall
September 6, 2019

American evangelicals in America, by way of England

Here are three observations about religious life in this country, gleaned from driving across it.
Bryan Dowd
September 6, 2019

An alternative take on the 'trade war'

What if we were brought to this point by the choices of American consumers?
John Hagen
September 6, 2019
FILE - In this April 12, 2018, file photo, a marijuana plant awaits transplanting at the Hollingsworth Cannabis Company near Shelton, Wash. Five years

DFL embraces legalization of recreational marijuana at our peril

The party is going all libertarian even as the evidence mounts against it.
Priscilla Mayowa
September 6, 2019
Graduation mortar board cap on one hundred dollar bills concept for the cost of a college and university education

Counterpoint: An 'education state' wouldn't stop at grade 12

In many ways, we continue to neglect the postsecondary needs of all Minnesotans.
John Rash
September 6, 2019
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The flag of the United States of America and the flag of the Republic of China fly together on flag poles next to each other.

Rash Report: 'Cool War,' warming planet are key to geopolitics

Two experts envision Sino-American relations and the climate crisis as profound present and future foreign-policy dynamics.
Dick Virden
September 5, 2019
Pro-democracy demonstrators watch a firebomb in the Causeway Bay district of Hong Kong on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019. Saturday saw some of the most inten

Hong Kong — yesterday, today and tomorrow

It's been a fine place for Westerners passing through. Residents, though, would like uninhibited political freedom.
Editorial, San Jose Mercury News
September 5, 2019

Trump should be trying to strengthen the technology sector

Instead, his trade wars and immigration policies are doing real damage.
Jacqueline Brux
September 5, 2019
Rescue workers carry a body from under the rubble of a Houthi detention center destroyed by Saudi-led airstrikes, that killed at least 60 people and w

A proxy war (ours) holds Yemen back from societal gains

U.S. support for the Saudi dictatorship makes us complicit.
Nick Solheim
September 5, 2019
FILE - In this Monday, July. 31, 2017 file photo the sun sets over Nuuk, Greenland. A spokeswoman for Denmark's royal palace says U.S. President Donal

The case against Arctic imperialism

We shouldn't buy Greenland. But we should be interested in greater economic cooperation.
Nicholas Kristof
September 5, 2019
View of Taipei World Trade Center and Taipei 101 in Xinyi Business District at dusk. The middle of building ranked worlds tallest from 2004 until 2010

If the U.S. and China were to war, Taiwan could be a flash point

It might be a tempting saber for Xi to rattle. Concerns include a potential cyberattack that could take out the island's electricity and communications.
Scott Gottlieb
September 5, 2019
FILE -- A man uses a vaporizer in San Francisco, Calif., June 20, 2019. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan said Wednesday, Sept. 4, that she would outl

Vaping illnesses traced to illegal substances, but e-cigarettes are not off the hook

Manufacturers have work to do in accepting transparency and oversight and in countering use of their products by children.
James Densley and David Pyrooz
September 5, 2019
Police vehicles remained at the intersection of Midway Parkway and Snelling Ave. near the main entrance to the Minnesota State Fair grounds late Monda

Our society can rewrite the gun-violence script

Relentless news of shootings gnaws at us, but we aren't powerless. We can address this as we would any disease. It works.
Brad Tutunjian
September 4, 2019
More rate hikes are on the way for CenterPoint Energy's natural gas customers in Minnesota. A 5 percent interim increase that takes effect Oct. 1 was

Counterpoint: Don't single out natural gas as a problem

It's an essential energy source for Minnesota, and we at CenterPoint are meeting that need while working hard to limit climate impacts.
Tim Dufault
September 4, 2019
From farmers to bankers to townspeople, folks in Lake Benton, MN, where soybeans are a mainstay of the local economy, talk about what they're seeing a

Dried-up exports bring Minnesota farmers to breaking point

The Trump administration has tried to downplay this reality.
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