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Peter M. Leschak
It's time for a new dream; need it be expansionary?
Astronaut Eugene Cernan's death, like that of Sally Ride, reminds us that we once had a vision — though it was a conflicted one — and that now we don't.
Editorial
Beware of Trump budget side effects: Treatment setbacks, loss of well-paying research jobs
Trump budget takes reckless aim at the National Institutes of Health.
Editorial
U expedition reveals climate challenge
Innovative approach shows the institution's relevance.
Jason Lewis
U.S. Rep. Jason Lewis: Defense of Obamacare is indefensible; why I voted for the ACHA
While the Editorial Board favors the dysfunctional status quo, I voted for a common-sense plan that is the first step to repeal and replace it.
Letters
Readers Write (March 18): Trump and 'buy American,' legislative pay, Real ID, monarch habitat
Trump's words vs. his deeds.
Matt Seaholm
Facts don't support column's call for ban on plastic retail bags
For starters, U.S.-made plastic retail bags are 100 percent recyclable. And bans elsewhere have not produced strong results.
Raymond Dehn
With drug addiction, focus on prevention and treatment, not criminalization
Addiction is a marker of community health, not individual intent. We should create policies accordingly.
From the economist
Global economy on the upswing (no thanks to populists)
If people make the wrong connections about this, the whole thing could blow.
D.J. Tice
What if Trump and Clinton had swapped genders?
Experiment suggests the populist plays best either way. Surprised?
Editorial
Minnesota should brace for federal cuts
Legislators should follow Dayton's lead in preparing for a Trump storm.
Editorial
Luger resignation, rash policymaking threaten Minnesota progress on countering extremism
Rash policymaking in D.C. threatens hard-won local progress on countering extremism.
Letters
Lori Sturdevant
Minnesota's renowned people power is waning
Examples abound. Will citizens get cynical or energized by this?
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