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Chris Cillizza, The Washington Post
Obama's singular success blinds Democrats to their party's long-term decline
It's less Trump than races for Congress, governorships, legislatures that reveal the truth — and it's painful for liberals.
Noah Feldman, Bloomberg View
Arguments that Electoral College should break for Clinton are unconvincing
A willingness to break basic constitutional structures or even unwritten standard procedure is worrisome in this environment.
Susan Schaefer
Places in Twin Cities where worlds sit side by side: U, Cedar-Riverside
It's in plain sight, but you may not consider the proximity of a university and an immigrant community, or their similar goals.
Letters
Readers Write (Nov. 30): Islam in Minnesota, Minneapolis rental housing, higher-ed funding, election's lessons, Standing Rock
For Muslims in Minnesota, are the barriers within?
Editorial
![The Minneapolis North Polars celebrated with their championship trophy after defeating Rushford-Peterson 30-14 in the Class 1A title game. ] Shari L.](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/VRZOA26BHON3J35NEVODKOMALA.jpg?h=91&w=145&fit=crop&bg=999&crop=faces)
North's Prep Bowl title is a win for Minneapolis
It's also a reminder of the positive link between sports and academics.
Editorial
Keep the spotlight on industry payments to doctors
Congress should back off provision to weaken the Physician Payment Sunshine Act.
Cartoons
Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg
How the U.S. could kill the corporate tax
It's unfinished business and could be brought, beneficially, to its logical conclusion. I mean, if you're going to "drain the swamp" …
Editorial
Trump's attacks on the news media send a chilling signal worldwide
Democracy can't function anywhere without fair news coverage.
Eric Zurita
What was, and what might be, for Cuba
The erstwhile leader's death won't reshape the island nation's relations with the United States. Donald Trump's presidency might.
Editorial
Trump on Twitter: More baseless claims by president-elect
Fact-free rants on voting are what we'd expect from a losing candidate.
Lawrence Lessig
Electoral College is free to choose. It should choose Hillary Clinton.
Electors were meant to be citizens exercising judgment, not cogs turning a wheel.
Marshall H. Tanick
My dinner with Fidel (almost)
Our 2008 travel delegation did not get to meet with the man, or his brother. Indeed, what was missing was a theme of much that we saw on that trip.
Letters
William M. LeoGrande, Foreign Policy
Will history absolve Fidel Castro, as he predicted?
Here's the full arc of evidence to be considered.
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