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Antony J. Blinken and Robert Kagan
America must maintain a leading global role
To pull back would run counter to lessons of history and to broad interests, including our own.
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Readers Write: Saving for retirement, reforming health care, categorizing presidential prospects, choosing analogies, viewing cartoons and comics
Saving for retirement is your responsibility, even when it's hard to do.
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Minnesota's new leaders must build bridges
It's time to stop all-or-nothing politics and value the art of legislative compromise.
Steve Grove
Reboot required (or seeking a Minnesota Miracle 2.0)
Minnesota was once a tech leader, and that lifted the state's economy. Here's what history teaches about how to get there again.
Letters
Readers Write: Battling defamation, promoting early childhood learning, remembering the Rose Bowl, clearing the snow, building walls
A key step in battling defamation awaits legislative interest.
Thomas S. Kaplan and, BERNARD-HENRI LÉVY
The U.S. and its wartime allies: The Kurds find themselves betrayed, once again
But in this there is a decided contrast between President Donald Trump and France's Emmanuel Macron.
Mitch Pearlstein
Ideas for improving the lot of American workers (open minds requested)
A new book sounds at times like the stuff of a Democratic caucus, at others like grist for a GOP one. Either way, it sure makes you think.
Editorial
A positive trend ends: Fewer U.S. kids have health care coverage
New report shows that a decade of steady progress has halted nationwide.
Editorial
In 2018, 'a profound global crisis of press freedom'
There's a growing trend of violence and intimidation against the media.
Robert Moilanen
It's time for another crack at restructuring our state government
We've made a number of such attempts over the years, with limited results. There are several good reasons to try again now.
Editorial
Resolved for this new year, 'with malice toward none'
Let Lincoln's message be a guide for a nation divided in 2019.
Letters
Readers Write: Freedom and government, partial government shutdown, health care, sexual harassment, religious beliefs
Dual purpose in our republic.
Editorial
U.S. is still sending mixed signals on Syria
While adversaries gain, regional and global allies will wonder whether to trust Trump.
Ramesh Ponnuru
Could Trump face a primary challenge in 2020?
It's rare for a president to have a rival for renomination, and getting rarer. But one observer thinks the risks are overstated. Let's consider.
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