More Opinion
Letters
Readers Write (April 24): Opiod abuse, reactions to Islam, North Side crime
Note the role of insurance in pills prescribed.
Lori Sturdevant
In Minnesota's Third Congressional District, things have changed
Enough for a legislator to try again for Congress, even against an incumbent.
Megan McArdle, Bloomberg View
American family finances: Y'all hear that rattling sound?
Let's get to the bottom of it: kids. Parents could go under just trying to look adequate.
Mark Haveman
Public pension plans: Can we Minnesotans handle the truth?
There's not enough money to meet our obligations with a market miracle and more.
FROM POLITIFACT.COM:
PolitiFact: Donald Trump's week in electoral falsehoods
He's been trying to explain how the process is rigged against him. Let's have a look.
Wayne Pacelle
![joel koyama•jkoyama@startribune.com chicken0123 20010876a]   Although it was about 10 degrees outside, inside it was around 50 degrees whi](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/QPIBB74XQXBVB3WVQZZMCWF2PI.jpg?h=91&w=145&fit=crop&bg=999&crop=faces)
The new humane economy goes cage-free chic
The movement to do away with hens' confinement just makes business sense.
A STATEMENT FROM THE UNDERSIGNED METRO MAYORS:
Fund state transportation fully — and do it now
As mayors, we implore legislators to heed needs of all Minnesotans.
Paul Charchian
Legislature should clean up gray areas for fantasy sports
With Minnesota a hotbed for players, important safeguards are needed.
Cass Sunstein, Bloomberg View
Hamilton's big week: The revenge of 'New York values'
More than any other Framer, he would have decried the kind of cultural/sectional divisiveness Cruz was properly punished for.
Editorial
Constructive competition needed as parties vet presidential candidates
It's too soon for opponents of the presidential front-runners to step aside.
Cartoons
Letters
Readers Write (April 22): North Minneapolis, a war zone? Plus: Transgender accommodations, teacher-tenure lawsuit, perceptions of beauty
Perceptions of living on the North Side vary.
Colleen Sheehey-Church
Combating drunken driving: Minnesota needs ignition interlock devices
To save lives, the Legislature must pass bills requiring this technology for all offenders.
Robert Stewart
Rep. Phyllis Kahn shamefully disenfranchises young voters
The 22-term feminist, in taking her race to a three-way primary in August, has been sounding like a lifelong politician.
Noah Feldman, Bloomberg View
Combating drunken driving: Find a way around Breathalyzer, blood tests
Regarding Minnesota case, even drunken drivers have constitutional rights.
About Opinion
The Opinion section is produced by the Editorial Board. The board operates independently and is not involved in setting newsroom policies or in reporting or editing articles in other sections of the newspaper or startribune.com.
-
- Scott Gillespie
- Editorial Editor and Vice President
-
- David Banks
- Assistant commentary editor
-
- Jill Burcum
- Editorial Writer
-
- Denise Johnson
- Editorial Writer
-
- John Rash
- Editorial writer and columnist
Most Read
- Alito's upside-down flag, Menendez's gold and the blame-the-wife defense • Opinion Exchange
- Minnesota's legislative session: All that acrimony, so little action • Editorial
- Counterpoint: Minnesota hospitals helped create the stress they operate under today • Opinion Exchange
- More Plato and Socrates. That's what higher education needs. • Opinion Exchange
- Readers Write: Target's commitment to Pride, cell service in the Boundary Waters, the role of women • Letters
Opinion Exchange
The Opinion section is an exchange of ideas produced by the Editorial Board, which operates independently from the newsroom.
