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Rebecca Gieseker
Why this new doctor will be voting for Bernie Sanders on March 3
Health care is already too expensive, and rationing is already happening (by personal necessity). We need Medicare for All.
Max Sparber
Intellectual disabilities and performance: Historic moment with Zack Gottsagen at the Oscars
Though nothing new for those of us who have long known the skills such actors can bring.
Editorial, Duluth News Tribune
First up for Minnesota Legislature: Primary, insulin
A bonding bill is a high priority, but not the immediate one.
Thomas Hemphill
Political engagement: The high cost, low efficacy of going door-to-door
In my experience, this practice — long perceived as fundamental — doesn't put donors' money to good use.
Multiple sources
Thomas Fisher
Draft order on federal building style is Classical mistake
We needn't perpetually imitate the past, and in many cases to do so would be patently absurd.
Rachel Marsden, Tribune Content Agency
Report on biggest threats to U.S. is thinly disguised shakedown
It's a blueprint for how to funnel money better spent elsewhere to federal agencies and military-industrial cronies.
Kelly King
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Editorial counterpoint: The case for CBD use in schools
It's already present, benefiting students who need it. It can be well-managed.
Editorial
Give Trump Medicaid change a chance
Making the program efficient and effective is a worthy goal.
Mark Buchanan
How to build a morally ethical self-driving car
What happens when lives are at stake and a split-second decision is necessary?
Paul Brosnahan
Winona and Winona: Super Bowl ad swings and misses
It didn't portray the city I know — a city that is culturally sophisticated and home to world-class businesses.
Pete Thrane
For social insurance programs, let Minnesota's workers' comp program be your guide
After decades of struggle, it became a bipartisan success story.
PAUL GAZELKA
2020 Republican legislative focus: Health care costs, government accountability, public safety …
Our 2020 vision will build on the successes of the 2019 session.
HOWARD ROOT
How zealous prosecution makes the not-so-guilty guilty
The case of the University of Minnesota professor who corrected his taxes.
Lori Sturdevant
Minnesota Legislature's main event this year: the housing shortage
State Rep. Alice Hausman will be found leading the charge.
MELISSA HORTMAN
2020 DFL legislative focus: Education, economic security, climate change, gun violence …
Minnesotans' values are our values.
D.J. Tice
In wake of the impeachment trial, beware the 'Never Say Never' voter
Aspects of the Trump resistance begin to look just as troubling.
John Rash
Middle ground recedes in politics, media and even relationships
Rash Report: New Pew Research Center polls show a nation riven with divisions.
Editorial, New York Daily News
Democrats: Don't make a bad bet on Sanders
Nominating a self-described socialist would make it harder to beat Trump.
Walter F. Mondale and Sharon Sayles Belton
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