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Patricia Murphy, CQ-Roll Call (TNS)
Impeachment is a gold mine. Shut down fundraising until it's over.
Otherwise, it literally does not pay a member of Congress to wait for full information before reaching a conclusion.
Leonard Kleinrock
I helped invent the internet. How did it go so wrong?
A return to ethical roots would require a joint effort by interested parties — which means pretty much everyone.
Crystal Yakacki
After the heart attack: Why I still stand with Bernie
He's the only contender equal to this moment on which everything hinges.
Andy Taylor
The Kurds are not our allies (but Turkey is)
There's short-term strategy, and then there's long-term interest.
MEGAN MCARDLE
Most notable thing about GM strike? How little it mattered to most Americans.
The contract settlement shows that both the company and its workers understand the new reality.
Jonathan Bernstein, Bloomberg News (TNS)
'Lock him up'? Baseball fans chose the wrong anti-Trump chant
I hear the justifications. They don't outweigh respect for the rule of law.
Editorial, Minnesota Daily
'Believe women' when they face discrimination of all sorts
And that includes workplace discrimination over pregnancy.
Rahm Emanuel
Someone needs to say it: Medicare for All is a pipe dream
The policy is debatable. The politics are terrible.
Michael R. Strain
Raise taxes on the middle class before it's too late
This is going to be necessary even without the big ideas of the campaign.
Jo Boaler and Steven D. Levitt
Modern high school math should be about data science
The focus on algebra, geometry and calculus hasn't changed since the middle of the last century. But the world has.
Eli Lake
How the Kurds helped in the hunt for Baghdadi
Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces continued to track him even after they concluded that they were being betrayed by Trump.
Abigail Johnson
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Pedestrians should not be blamed for their injuries or deaths
That's blaming victims of auto-centric city design, and the Star Tribune can do better.
D.J. Tice
What might drug price controls cost us?
We can't be sure. But plainer language will aid clear thinking.
The Economist
Klobuchar? We could see it from our angle
On the question of beating Trump, she has three strengths.
Doug R. Berdie
Vox popu-lie: Elected officials in Minneapolis mishear the voice of the people
Elected officials in Minneapolis mishear the voice of the people by concentrating on marginal bleats. It's time to restore true democracy.
Alex Webb
St. Paul won't thrive until it rids itself of one-ways
They turn its downtown into a thoroughfare, rather than a destination.
Editorial, Dallas Morning News
Houston Astros official deserved to be fired
Domestic violence awareness didn't extend to locker room.
Editorial
Take a break in Chicago, Meghan and Harry
The media is focused on the city budget and the Bears, not celebrities.
John Rash
Rash Report: The world fails to save Syria's citizens
U.S. betrayal of Kurdish allies is just the latest sad chapter in this tragedy, as searing Syrian documentary, "For Sama," shows.
Reps. Frank Hornstein and Mohamud Noor
Anniversary of Tree of Life shooting is a reminder that we must work together to end hate crimes
Our community members are targets of such attacks and we must build a state that is safe, inclusive and welcoming for all.
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