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Conor Sen
May 18, 2020
The Tax Act of 2017 eliminated a lot of individual tax breaks, including the home-office deduction for employees. (Dreamstime/TNS) ORG XMIT: 1663498

More outsourcing and legal liability? Potential problems of working from home en masse.

Things that start out exciting can have negatives that become apparent later.
GLEN TAYLOR, Star Tribune Owner
May 16, 2020

Glen Taylor: Now more than ever, this newspaper is essential to Minnesota

A thank-you to readers and advertisers and to all who make this 'daily miracle' happen.
Staff reports, Star Tribune
May 15, 2020

In case you missed it: Star Tribune Opinion online extras

Jill Burcum
May 15, 2020
A Red Cross demonstration in Washington during the influenza pandemic of 1918. Nearly everyone who survived the 1918 flu pandemic, which claimed at le

My great-grandfather wasn't hit by the first wave of the 'Spanish flu,' but the second

Memories of that pandemic and its survivors give rise to worries.
May 15, 2020
Then-National Security Adviser Michael Flynn speaks during the daily news briefing at the White House, in Washington in February 2017.

Obama misstated the facts on Michael Flynn

Former president also ignored the role his administration played in the investigation.
Theresa Keaveny
May 15, 2020
Hogs are kept in a barn, ready to be sold on Tuesday, April 14, 2020, at Prestige Pork in Inwood, Iowa. Mike Ver Steeg, 47, runs Prestige Pork, with t

Crisis shows how our farm-food economy needs to be transformed

We can have a system that serves equitably for all.
Mark Tranvik
May 15, 2020
A choir member celebrates Easter Mass, which was live streamed, at a nearly empty St. Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco, Sunday, April 12, 2020. Chris

Coronavirus pandemic: God speaks to us in the challenges he sends

Here's some of what I hear him saying.
David Unmacht
May 15, 2020
U.S. President Donald Trump signs H.R. 748, the CARES Act in the Oval Office of the White House on March 27, 2020 in Washington, D.C. Earlier on Frida

Cities, towns must not be left out of emergency relief.

None of Minnesota's 853 cities met CARES Act eligibility.
Chris Penwell
May 15, 2020
Empty School Hallway with Student Lockers

Kids need to get back in school to stay safe

Disadvantaged children are at a high risk for child abuse.
John Rash
May 15, 2020
This year’s MSP International Film Festival will move from the big screen to smaller screens.

MSP International Film Festival, and world, redefined

A virtual version of the 39th annual world cinema event comes amid changes and challenges to globalization itself.
Micki McElya
May 15, 2020
FILE - In this April 9, 2020, file photo, workers wearing personal protective equipment bury bodies in a trench on Hart Island in the Bronx borough of

Almost 90,000 dead, and no hint of national mourning

If this is a war, are these not our fallen?
Noah Feldman, Bloomberg Opinion (TNS)
May 15, 2020
Owner Paul Furrer cuts the hair of Jeff Jones at Rick's Barber Shop Thursday, May 14, 2020, in Waukesha, Wis. The store re-opened after the Wisconsin

Wisconsin lockdown ruling shows right wing's paranoia

This does not really seem to be about legal technicalities.
D.J. Tice
May 14, 2020
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo

Blue state/red state, rich state/poor state: Who's bailing out whom?

A school of thought worth attention considers what state governments spend compared with what they can afford.
Dave Durenberger and Tom Horner
May 14, 2020
June 4, 1960 Campaign Posters Line GOP convention head quarters at Leamington Hotel. William Birich, 3424 S. 16th Avenue., delegate from Hennepin coun

Minnesota Republicans, what are you going to do?

Our grand old party, convening virtually this weekend, must rediscover its grand old values.
Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times (TNS)
May 14, 2020
FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2018, file photo, former President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally for Democratic candidates in Miami. Nearly eight

Welcome back, Barack. What took you so long?

Trump may regret his longstanding (and heretofore mostly solo) grudge match.
Woodrow Hartzog
May 14, 2020
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Coronavirus tracing apps are coming

Here's how they could reshape surveillance as we know it.
Editorial, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
May 13, 2020

On debt: Spending is needed now, but must soon be tamed

How to move the economy forward.
Mark W. Kroll
May 13, 2020
Vehicles circled the Minnesota State Capitol, covered with flags and signs, during Saturday's protest against Gov. Tim Walz's "Stay Home MN" executive

Have stay-at-home orders actually helped?

If you compare the case and death rates of COVID-19 in states with the orders and without, the answer is no.
Mike Meyers
May 13, 2020
This photo shows the Tesla plant Tuesday, May 12, 2020, in Fremont, Calif. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has emerged as a champion of defying stay-home orders i

Employers who risk workers' lives will pay a price

Those employers' reputations will be tarnished for years to come.
Noah Feldman, Bloomberg Opinion (TNS)
May 13, 2020
FILE - In this March 27, 2020, file photo the Capitol is seen as House lawmakers prepare to debate emergency coronavirus response legislation on Capit

Supreme Court Trump tax return case isn't actually about Trump

A look at the past, present and future of congressional oversight.
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