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July 20, 2018
FILE -- A research associate in a lab at Cubist Pharmaceuticals, which makes drugs to treat dangerous superbugs and bacteria, in Lexington, Mass., Oct

A troubling exit: Drug company ends antibiotics research

Traditional incentives aren't working to spur development of antibiotics.
Editorial
July 19, 2018
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It's a bad time for even more 'dark money' secrecy

But new IRS rule change makes campaign finance even less transparent.
Editorial
July 18, 2018
The Minneapolis City skyline including City Hall seen from the back of the U.S. District Court. ] GLEN STUBBE ï glen.stubbe@startribune.com Monda

Minneapolis City Council bid for more oversight of police is wrongheaded

For accountability and effectiveness, chief should continue reporting directly to mayor.
Editorial
July 17, 2018
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, listens to Russian President Vladimir Putin during a press conference after their meeting at the Presidential Palac

Trump-Putin fiasco undermines U.S.

Siding with Russian autocrat who attacked America disgraces the nation.
Editorial
July 16, 2018
This undated photo shows Dr. Robert "Dr. Bob" Sears at his pediatrics and family medicine practice in Capistrano Beach, Calif. The Medical Board of Ca

State should crack down on doctors who sow, abet vaccination doubts

Follow California's lead and ensure that children are fully immunized against childhood diseases.
Editorial
July 13, 2018
Left to right, Minneapolis City Council members Cam Gordon, Alondra Cano, Kevin Reich and Elizabeth Gladden.

It doesn't have to be perfect, but good meeting attendance matters for elected officials

Recent news about absent Minneapolis City Council members is worth noting.
Editorial
July 13, 2018
The University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler announced to the media that he is leaving effective July 2019, during a press conference in the MacNa

Kaler gives University of Minnesota the gift of orderly transition

President's timing allows current Board of Regents to name successor.
Editorial
July 13, 2018
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh listens to Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, on Capitol Hill in Washington, during a meeting Wednesday, July 11, 2018. (

Judge Kavanaugh's views must be scrutinized

Republicans should perform due diligence on Supreme Court nominee.
Editorial
July 13, 2018
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Trump administration takes aim at Affordable Care Act, but harms private insurance market instead

Destabilizing private market hurts consumers, will hasten push for more government involvement.
Editorial
July 12, 2018
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U.S. was wrong to block the U.N. resolution on breast-feeding.

Bullying behavior, specious rationale undercut our role as a world leader.
Editorial
July 12, 2018
In this June 26, 2018 photo, a synthetic wooly mammoth and real musk ox occupy a glacier exhibit inside the Bell Museum in Falcon Heights, Minn. The m

The Bell Museum is back and better than ever

It shows what wise government and one persistent legislator can do.
Editorial
July 10, 2018
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump boarding Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, July 10, 2018. Trump left Tuesday mornin

Trump should stress NATO unity, resolve

Denigrating the alliance plays into Putin's playbook.
Editorial
July 9, 2018
Minneapolis Mayor, Jacob Frey, gives a statement regarding the evening's shooting as Chief of Police, Medaria Arradondo looks on. ] ALEX KORMANN &#x20

Reject proposal to spread oversight of Minneapolis Police Department to City Council

Mayor should retain authority.
Editorial
July 6, 2018

Time to take deadly 'distraction' seriously

Consequences must match the recklessness of texting drivers.
Editorial
July 6, 2018
The Supreme Court in Washington, June 29, 2018. President Donald Trump said that he plans to announce his pick to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy on J

U.S. Senate shouldn't wait to fill SCOTUS seat

It should do its duty to exercise independent judgment.
Editorial
July 6, 2018
Kenneth Bowser, middle, visits with, from left, grandchildren Tonya Cotton and Mark Cotton and daughters Sharon Van Leer and Janet Bowser at a locked

Guns and the elderly: An under-the-radar public health hazard

Personal responsibility, better policy needed to protect aging loved ones.
Editorial
July 5, 2018
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks during a Security Council meeting on the situation between the Israelis and the Palestinians,

Plight of the very poor is an American tragedy

New U.N. report labels the U.S. the most unequal country in the world.
Editorial
July 3, 2018
The burn pit at the air base in Balad, Iraq, burned 24 hours a day, seven days a week and included materials such as Styrofoam, metals, plastics, and

Veterans deserve answers on exposure to burn pits

Creating "Center of Excellence" within the VA would keep spotlight on troubling health issue.
Editorial
July 3, 2018
Page 1A, Minneapolis Tribune newspaer from July 4, 1968.

Fifty years after a turbulent '68, America still works

As nation celebrates its independence again, that's worth remembering.
Editorial
July 2, 2018
The former Ford assembly plant site, looking northwest, with the downtown Minneapolis in the background. ] JEFF WHEELER ï jeff.wheeler@startribun

Welcome news: Ryan Cos. picked to develop former Ford site in St. Paul

The Minneapolis-based developer has a track record of collaboration.
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