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Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact
PolitiFact: If a President Trump gave the military an illegal order …
… would commanders follow it? Should they? What's been said and what the precedent is.
Editorial
Pence provides a fine example for Trump on tax returns
But so far, the nominee seems intent on financial secrecy.
Tyler Cowen, Bloomberg View
Should the U.S. be more like Denmark? Vice versa?
Both countries have something to learn from the other, but the evidence doesn't suggest benefits to a wholesale melding of ideology.
Editorial
Afghan interpreters deserve U.S. support
Instead, lawmakers are questioning their special status
John Rash
Rash Report: 'Average Mohamed' story is everything but average
Minneapolis' Mohamed Amin Ahmed creates a cartoon counternarrative to extremism.
Cartoons
Peter M. Leschak
Metazoa's arc: Our personal stake in human destiny
The march of progress has brought us to a distinctly human era — which calls for an examination of our personal stake in destiny.
Editorial
Congress still lags on anti-terrorism funding
Minnesota Legislature stepped up, but there's more work to do.
Letters
Readers Write (Aug. 20): State government, U.S. swimmer controversy, 2016 campaign, private prisons, Olympic dress
Consider one piece of legislation at a time, and act on it.
Editorial
A sorry finish to an unproductive legislative session
Consider one more try for tax relief and a bonding bill.
Frederic W. "Fritz" Knaak
Editorial counterpoint: As far as transit goes, Minneapolis is acting like a brat
Since when was there consensus on a "one for all and all for one" metro-area system?
Brian Blase, Tribune News Service (TNS)
Obamacare's critical condition
The subsidies, the mandate and corporate welfare didn't work, and the individual insurance market is in disarray
AHMED THARWAT
New Olympic sport: judging athletes in hijabs
The Egyptian women's beach volleyball team changed the conversation about women's dress and feminism.
Letters
Readers Write (Aug. 19): Donald Trump's visit, policing, race and protest, crime scenes and first responders
Trump and his arsenal, still at the door.
David Morris
Counterpoint: Reconsider just what a 'public good' is
Aren't rural high-speed internet and garbage collection worth government playing a role?
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