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Andy Brehm
If constitutional amendment would bring on school vouchers — how soon can we pass it?
Why can't teachers union see that this constitutional amendment would help?
Alex Bartolic
Counterpoint: 'Chaotic Care' series doesn't tell whole story of services for the disabled
Minnesota has made a lot of progress. Here are examples.
Matt Welch
Conservatives are hot to suppress pornography
But the move is about more than adult films. They're using this to steer the GOP away from its commitments to individual liberty.
Diana Wagman
Think you're not addicted to the internet?
Try turning off your computer and your phone for a week and observe as the anxiety spikes and claustrophobia sets in.
John Welsh
Meet the candidates, next door in Iowa
The campaign leading up to the caucuses may be the best chance for Minnesotans to see the would-be presidents close up, in unscripted settings.
Noah Bookbinder
Senate has conducted 15 impeachment trials, and heard witnesses in every one
In several instances, it even called new witnesses.
Thomas Smith
The latest school lockdown technology leaves little hope
My classroom just received a port-a-potty for active-shooter situations, and it makes the country's mind-set clear.
Myisha Holley
Counterpoint: My kids are 'actual students' and charter schools serve them best
We all have a lot of work to do to make our education system better. But working against each other helps no one.
Mary Mitchell Lundeen, Shelly Hedstrom and Judy Klein-Pells
We fail students with rules against behavior intervention that involves physical contact
Interpretations against laying a finger on them are turning classrooms into chaos.
Eric Harris Bernstein and Ben Spielberg
Democrats say they won't raise taxes on the middle class. But they should.
We need such taxes to pay for the things we want government to do.
Editorial
The beef industry is threatened by plant-based meat
Burger alternatives have evolved and taste better.
Roundup: A mix of uncertainties in Trump-Iran standoff
Across the nation, people are trying to predict what will happen next. Here is what some are saying:
Noah Feldman, Bloomberg News (TNS)
The Supreme Court's past decade may have been liberals' last gasp
The next decade will likely see a turn to the right grow sharper.
Noah Feldman, Bloomberg News (TNS)
John Bolton is bluffing
One suspects that he wishes to seem willing to testify without having to actually appear.
Editorial
The high price of inaction on climate change
Events such as the fires in Australia are more common, more devastating.
Bruce Peterson
We mustn't be naive about evolution
Human nature is something we must overcome, and we can easily turn from working together to "every man for himself."
Mark Osler
Counterpoint: Grand juries aren't a check on prosecutors' power
In practice, they simply conceal the decisions of the prosecutor.
Steve Chapman
Chicago Tribune's Steve Chapman: For something completely different — Amy Klobuchar
Americans often vote for the opposite of what they have. In that case, we should look to Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who offers a calm respite from the last four years.
Cass R. Sunstein
Thomas L. Friedman
Thomas L. Friedman: Trump killed Iran's most overrated warrior
An assessment of Soleimani's failures — and of how politics plays out in the Middle East.
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