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Cartoons
November 11, 2017
Sack cartoon: Sexual misconduct fallout

Sack cartoon: Sexual misconduct fallout

John Rash
November 10, 2017
Tonel (Antonio Eligio Fern·ndez), El bloqueo (The Blockade/The Embargo), 1989, concrete blocks, cement, sand, ground stone, cast concrete letters

Rash Report: Cuba trade embargo empowers hardliners

A pair of Minnesotans in Congress from opposite sides of the aisle agree that the decades-old U.S. policy is counterproductive.
Tim O’Neil
November 10, 2017

Integrate veterans fully to energize entrepreneurship

With their experience, they have what it takes to fuel business growth. Here are ways to help give them the chance.
Letters
November 10, 2017
Jim Neumann, center, who recently moved to Minneapolis from Duluth, walks to a voting booth to cast his ballot as Brady Hegberg, left, and Abdalla Hil

Readers Write: Ranked-choice voting, election turnout, election influence, guns, taxes

RCV is a bad choice for multiple-seat races.
Editorial
November 10, 2017

Metro area voters demonstrated support of schools by approving more than $1 billion in school levy, bond requests.

School levy, bond results show citizen support for public education.
Editorial
November 10, 2017
U.S. President Donald Trump, accompanied by United States Forces Korea Commander Gen. Vincent Brooks, center, shakes hands with South Korean Gen. Kim

Durable diplomacy needed on North Korea

Trump's toned-down rhetoric should be matched by consistent approach.
STEVE CHAPMAN
November 10, 2017
FILE - In this Aug. 3, 2016, file photo, a large bison blocks traffic as tourists take photos of the animals in the Lamar Valley of Yellowstone Nation

America's national parks: Here's a good idea from the Trump administration

Some Democrats object, but a proposed entrance-fee increase at 17 parks makes lots of sense.
Dick Schwartz
November 10, 2017
iStockphoto.com Deer and Hunter in the Woods

I'm a nonhunter, but my thoughts have evolved. Still …

Once I opened my mind and shut my mouth, I listened to friends give explanations for hunting that seem downright reasonable. But …
Chris Knopf
November 10, 2017
PolyMet Mine in Hoyt Lakes, Minn. has been mired in a permitting battle for over eight years and the issue has become politicized in the state and par

Editorial counterpoint: How the PolyMet mine violates Minnesota regulations

Rather than "science-driven," the permitting process ignores some of the state's own rules.
Editorial
November 10, 2017

Evidence mounts that climate is worsening faster than experts previously believed

As U.S. withdraws, Paris accord nations meet in Germany to take stock.
Letters
November 10, 2017
Astonishing natural beauty surrounds the Lake Geneva Region of Switzerland. (Joanne and Tony DiBona) ORG XMIT: 1209822

Readers Write: Tax reform, mass violence and mental health, Sam Clovis and the Department of Agriculture, persecution of the Rohingya

We all pay for services somehow.
Lori Sturdevant
November 10, 2017
Mayor Betsy Hodges looks on as Steve Cramer, president and CEO of the Minneapolis Downtown Council speaks to the press about the Nicollet Mall reconst

Can the Minneapolis DFL and business make it, after all?

They still have work to do together.
Letters
November 10, 2017
Star Tribune photo illustration

Readers Write: Bike lanes and traffic management, Minnesota's moose population,

To back cars is to look backward.
Editorial
November 10, 2017
Copies of the proposed Republican tax package are carried by House Ways and Means Committee staffer Thomas Kutz before the start of the markup session

U.S. tax reform is too important to rush

The country needs a federal tax code overhaul, but it must be challenged and shaped.
Rachel Sklar
November 10, 2017

The year that followed the 2016 election, revised

An alternative timeline of events that assumes Clinton became president.
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