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Robert H. Bruininks and Steven J. Rosenstone
Brighter ideas for Minnesota's future
On talent and innovation, our state has fallen behind. Here's how we can re-energize.
Lori Sturdevant
How to make government better? You have plenty to say
And so do two leading voices on the subject who are in town. (Ranked-choice voting, anyone?)
Cartoons
Editorial
Outlook for Afghanistan is bleak, but it'd be worse without U.S.
Country's government is too inept to defeat Taliban on its own.
Letters
Readers Write: BDS and Israel, Farm tariffs, Minneapolis police decorations, freshmen legislators, remembering Walt Dziedzic
Reader rejects assertion that Israel is an apartheid state.
John Rash
Best of British advertising amid worst of Brexit times
"Arrows Awards" reel, which begins its annual Walker Art Center run, may better reflect British society.
Mary Christine Bader
Counterpoint: Fight anti-Semitism, but not by suppressing Jewish voices
The idea that Jews should limit their criticism of Israel, as it is a refuge when things turn dark, diminishes Jewish, U.S. and Minnesota values.
Editorial
E. coli outbreaks point to lagging implementation of landmark law
Leverage technology to improve food safety by using produce traceability.
Philip Kennicott, The Washington Post
Melania's red trees are like red flags to Trump-crazed media
Let's not make life so easy for the masters of distraction. The trees are fine, and unimportant.
Editorial, Tampa Bay Times
Climate report highlight's Florida's increasing vulnerability
Rising sea levels put Miami and Tampa at risk.
Ramesh Ponnuru, Bloomberg News (TNS)
GM's troubles reveal Trump's empty threats and all-too-real mistakes
He can't strong-arm the firm, but he can undermine its competitive position. And he has.
Kenneth W. Starr
Kenneth Starr: Supreme Court must step in (again) to correct death-penalty case
After the justices reversed a Texas court, that court set a death sentence for a second time, a move that should be reversed anew.
Letters
Readers Write: Affordable housing, Senate vote on Yemen war, distracted driving, Fort Snelling housing, St. Paul art, the tonne.
Advocates urge housing support for very low income people.
Cartoons
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