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Steve Chapman
Kamala Harris and the worsening job of vice president
She's undertaken a portfolio of nearly impossible tasks with considerable political risk.
Bankruptcy laws shouldn't be an escape hatch for opioid makers
Marketing strategies falsely claimed drugs were not addictive.
Susan Schmidt
Fresh data show the disparities in access to parks
Investment in a more equitable system will build a stronger Twin Cities.
Barb Schlaefer
What a commitment to parks will require in Minneapolis
Funding to fully operate these vital spaces is lacking.
John Farrell
Wrong incentives drive energy decisions in Minnesota
Customers are held captive without competition, and profit — not environmental — motives rule. The Public Utilities Commission can change this.
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Who's a journalist in the digital age?
The lines are blurred by social media, but standards must still apply.
Vanessa Waltz
Michael Bredeson
Life after ethanol: Are we prepared?
Things are changing. Farmers might find themselves producing too much corn.
John Rash
U.S.-Israel political parallels (and perils)
New leaders in Jerusalem and Washington will contend with a bilateral relationship that's become more political than diplomatic.
Dahleen Glanton
Naomi Osaka was brave to put her well-being ahead of her job
If only more Black women had that option.
David Brooks
You may live a lot longer
"Treating aging sounds like science fiction until you've heard about the latest developments in aging biology."
Noah Smith
Democrats are failing the country in science funding
Our leaders appear not to recognize the importance of federal research as a tool of national economic prosperity and development.
Biden takes aim at all factors hampering Black Americans
U.S. must address inequality in health care, education, housing and more.
Pat Samples
Language matters. So how about 'pro-aging' instead of 'anti-aging'?
Let's be for long, healthy lives, but not against the direction we're all headed.
Andy Tix
Six skills we need as citizens who can't agree on scientific facts
We must learn to think critically as we wrestle with the problems of the world.
Bret Stephens
Media groupthink and the lab-leak theory
One scandal is yet to be proved. Another is yet to be digested.
Dana Montalto
VA has illegally denied health care to thousands of veterans
It's because of a pervasive misunderstanding, and misapplication, of the rules regarding other-than-honorable discharges.
Cole Stangler
France is becoming more like the United States. It's terrible.
Culture wars are America's true gift to France.
Mark Mahon
The lost future of Gorbachev's visit to Minnesota
June 3, 1990, was a window of optimism, but U.S.-Russia relations are again as cold as they were in the mid-1980s.
Bill Pollnow
Editorial counterpoint: Border-to-border 'adventure' route poses significant risks
The Star Tribune Editorial Board, like the DNR, would accept doing the environmental damage first and repairing it later.
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