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Kirk O. Kolbo
Pearl Harbor and the 'first shot' Minnesotans of the USS Ward
The crew responded swiftly to a threat. Naval Command, not as much.
Jeff Johnson
St. Paul needs its swamped drained just as much as Washington
There's one in St. Paul, too, high on a hill but just as foul. Let's take a good look at the cronyism of the Dayton administration.
Editorial
Keep experimenting with ranked-choice voting
It can't heal all that ails U.S. democracy, but it can make a difference.
Letters
Readers Write (Dec. 7): JROTC and military service, fake news, guns, business and politics, the Earned Income Tax Credit
Kids are smart enough to decide on the JROTC experience and military service.
James Palmer, Foreign Policy
China really isn't joking about Taiwan
The protocols Trump flouted have been finely honed to cope with Chinese emotions that are raw and potentially explosive.
Marc A. Thiessen
Trump's Taiwan call wasn't a blunder. It was brilliant.
He knew precisely what he was doing. He was telling Beijing that the days of pushing the U.S. around are over.
Editorial
U.S. should release information on whether Russian hackers meddled in election
Forget the politics: It's a matter of national security.
Will Bunch, Philadelphia Daily News (TNS)
At Standing Rock: People power emerges victorious
Protesters persisted, government blinked — and those who've been worried about democracy have been given reason to hope.
Keith Ellison
Rep. Keith Ellison: The mistake in my past, and the case for my DNC candidacy
My values have always been based on respect for all people. But as a young activist, I should have listened more and talked less.
Letters
Readers Write (Dec. 6): 'Drain the swamp,' Trump's Carrier deal, Trump's diplomacy, Standing Rock, Islam's history
Frustration's origins — and limits.
Editorial
Kristina Doan
U.S. has moral obligation to Afghan interpreters
At a time when anti-immigrant rhetoric is running high, we must keep our doors open, and widen them, to allies who helped the U.S. at great personal risk.
Daniel W. Drezner
Four years of peril ahead for policy wonks
They haven't been invited on the Trump train. Either it will flail without them — or worse, it won't.
Editorial
On flag-burning and other issues, Trump tweets, posts, incites and trolls
Through social media, he feeds lies and ignorance to 36 million people.
Catherine Dehdashti
Macy's end could be near, but it's Dayton's we mourn
Macy's end could be near, but it's still Dayton's we mourn.
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