More Opinion

Editorial, Miami Herald
September 14, 2018

Congress needs to send a clear message on Russian meddling

Trump's executive order is a positive shift in tone, but no guarantee.
Nancy Kaffer, Detroit Free Press (TNS)
September 14, 2018
Rev. Jasper Williams Jr., delivers the eulogy during the funeral service for Aretha Franklin in Detroit, Aug. 31, 2018. Franklin died Aug. 16, 2018 of

What everyone gets wrong about single moms

Census numbers on one-parent households are a poor shorthand for assessing families and kids' problems. Qualitative data are needed.
Letters
September 13, 2018
A smoky haze obstructs the sun as it sets behind the Rocky Mountains that usually can be seen late Monday, Aug. 20, 2018, in Denver. Smoke from the co

Readers Write: Skepticism on climate change, skepticism of vaping concerns, Trump's veracity, donating blood

Please, 'scientists,' define 'normal.'
Editorial
September 13, 2018

A 'tremendous' job in Puerto Rico?

Trump sticks to his story despite evidence of FEMA's missteps.
Editorial
September 13, 2018

Federal program being used in Minnesota is reducing recidivism

A re-entry court provides support for those at high risk to reoffend.
Erwin Chemerinsky, Sacramento Bee (TNS)
September 13, 2018

Trump presidency is unlikely to end via 25th Amendment

Here are the mechanics of a device that has never been used to remove a president.
Madelon Sprengnether
September 13, 2018
English major Connor Doebbert shook hands with Prof. George Dierberger before spring 2017 commencement at Augsburg University in Minneapolis. The numb

Not the worst of times for English and the liberal arts

An office-cleaning retrospective shows both trends in English education and the eternal meaning of the effort.
MARC A. THIESSEN
September 13, 2018
FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 10, 2018 file photo, National Security Adviser John Bolton speaks at a Federalist Society luncheon at the Mayflower Hotel

Trump is right to protect Americans from the International Criminal Court

We were told that the idea a rogue ICC prosecutor would ever go after Americans was ridiculous. That the court would focus on grievous human-rights abuses by the world's tyrants. That was a lie.
Opinion
September 13, 2018
Editorial cartoon: Michael Ramirez on the Trump administration

Editorial cartoon: Michael Ramirez on the Trump administration

Matthew A. Winkler, Bloomberg
September 13, 2018
FILE- In this Sept. 15, 2008, file photo a man leaves the Lehman Brothers headquarters carrying a box in New York. Lehman Brothers, a 158-year-old inv

The No. 1 lesson of the Lehman collapse: QE worked

That's "quantitative easing," a policy some described as ruinous that nonetheless reversed the largest-ever plunge in U.S. gross domestic product and sowed the seeds of the ensuing 105-month expansion.
Editorial
September 12, 2018

More schools are turning into armed camps

It's an understandable response to political failure.
Letters
September 12, 2018
Crews board up the Oceanic restaurant in Wrightsville Beach, N.C., Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018, in preparation for Hurricane Florence. (Matt Born/The Star

Readers Write: Climate change, being black in America, St. Paul Ballet firing, voting for judges, public housing funding

Remember when North Carolina banned science on warming?
Opinion
September 12, 2018
Tom Toles Editorial Cartoon

Editorial cartoon: Tom Toles on hurricanes

Fu Ying
September 12, 2018
Workers install an engine on a BAIC SUV chassis frame at the Chinese automaker BAIC ORU assembly plant in Beijing, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018. Their tar

From the outside looking in: How should China respond to a confusing U.S.?

Attitudes in America, it seems, have changed. The Chinese people will stand firm against U.S. bullying over trade, but cooperation, not confrontation, remains the best path.
Michael R. Strain, Bloomberg News (TNS)
September 12, 2018
President Donald Trump speaks about the economic growth report, as Vice President Mike Pence looks on, at the White House in Washington, July 27, 2018

Trump wants to own this economy. He might regret that.

Business investment has strengthened under him, continuing a trend. But it's too early to gauge the long-term effects of the 2017 tax law, from either the boost it offers or the debt that finances it.
About Opinion
The Opinion section is produced by the Editorial Board. The board operates independently and is not involved in setting newsroom policies or in reporting or editing articles in other sections of the newspaper or startribune.com.

Opinion Exchange

The Opinion section is an exchange of ideas produced by the Editorial Board, which operates independently from the newsroom.