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Editorial, USA Today
Too little is being done to keep football safe
Best practices for handling heat and injuries are not being followed.
John Rash
'Dark Money' is an enlightening look at corrosive campaign spending
The documentary depicts how Montana suffered from, and fought back against, outside election influences.
Isaac Orr
Check the methodology in analyzing arguments in mining debate
Harvard economist omitted key jobs numbers in his analysis.
Jonah Goldberg, Tribune News Service (TNS)
Jonah Goldberg: Kavanaugh's hearing was Theater of the Absurd
The judge is unmistakably qualified. The legislative branch has become unmistakably meaningless.
Ayanna Pressley's upset victory carries a message
The power of incumbency is weakening in Massachusetts politics.
Kim Haddow
Communities need to reject this kind of intrusion into their affairs
We're talking about state pre-emption laws, driven by corporate interests, that block local governments from tackling local problems.
Kevin P. Lee
Editorial counterpoint: Slow going on developing mineral deposits? There's a reason
Economic and corollary risks show it isn't that simple to just "unlock" resources. We need serious discussion to ensure high standards.
Letters
Readers write: Anonymous op-ed piece, health care, birth certificates, DFL mailer, Officer Noor, Klobuchar and Kavanaugh
Is it a brilliant play, cowardly act or just fake news?
Editorial
Myanmar must be held to account after jailing reporters
U.N. report on genocide, imprisoning journalists should spur global action.
Noah Feldman
That 'resistance' in the Trump administration is no coup, and isn't unusual
Internal pushback is common in presidencies. What's striking here is the scorn for the president's character.
Op-ed in the NY Times: Resistance within the White House
Editor's Note: An unsigned opinion-page commentary published by the New York Times Wednesday has made news nationwide. Here is what the Times published:
Editorial, Dallas Morning News
Catholic Church is at war with itself over sex abuse
Believers are caught in the middle of a growing civil war.
Tessa Torgeson
The opioid epidemic: Trying to do better for loved ones taken too soon
After a moving vigil for overdose victims, I vowed to share word of how "harm reduction" and syringe exchange programs saved me.
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