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Editorial
January 8, 2020
Cheeseburger made with Beyond Meat patty

The beef industry is threatened by plant-based meat

Burger alternatives have evolved and taste better.
January 8, 2020
President Donald Trump, left, arrives to address the nation on the ballistic missile strike that Iran launched against Iraqi air bases housing U.S. tr

Roundup: A mix of uncertainties in Trump-Iran standoff

Across the nation, people are trying to predict what will happen next. Here is what some are saying:
Editorial
January 8, 2020

What happened to Trump's steel boom?

Protectionism has cost more jobs in the industry than it has saved or created.
Letters
January 8, 2020
From left, Steven Foldes, a member of the Twin Cities Jewish community, stood beside Imam Asad Zaman with the Muslim American Society of Minnesota as

Readers Write: Religious tolerance, Iran tensions, the new decade

In these dark times, there is some light of tolerance.
Cartoons
January 8, 2020
Sack cartoon: Pelosi vs. McConnell

Sack cartoon: Pelosi vs. McConnell

Letters
January 8, 2020
This photo released by the Iraqi Prime Minister Press Office shows a burning vehicle at the Baghdad International Airport following an airstrike in Ba

Readers Write: Iran reactions

Readers respond to the escalation of tensions in Iran.
Noah Feldman, Bloomberg News (TNS)
January 8, 2020
A police officer stands guard on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on June 15, 2017. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images/TNS) ORG XMIT

The Supreme Court's past decade may have been liberals' last gasp

The next decade will likely see a turn to the right grow sharper.
Noah Feldman, Bloomberg News (TNS)
January 8, 2020
FILE - In this July 31, 2019 file photo, then National security adviser John Bolton speaks to media at the White House in Washington. Bolton says he's

John Bolton is bluffing

One suspects that he wishes to seem willing to testify without having to actually appear.
Editorial
January 7, 2020

Trump leaves allies in a bind on Iran

Strike without a strategy alienates friends of the U.S. while emboldening adversaries.
Letters
January 7, 2020
FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2019, file photo a worker gets ready to pass out instructions in how fill out the 2020 census during a town hall meeting in Li

Readers Write: The census and voting maps, Trump's Iran threats, carbon emissions, presidential primary reform, the zoo

Reminder: The new census means new voting maps.
Editorial
January 7, 2020

The high price of inaction on climate change

Events such as the fires in Australia are more common, more devastating.
Opinion
January 7, 2020
Editorial cartoon: Lisa Benson on Trump's latest move

Editorial cartoon: Lisa Benson on Trump's latest move

Bruce Peterson
January 7, 2020
Raegen Dickey, 1, of White Bear Lake, played with a Husky puppy, owned by 13-year old Annika Lebahn, of Vadnais Heights, during Marketfest Thursday ni

We mustn't be naive about evolution

Human nature is something we must overcome, and we can easily turn from working together to "every man for himself."
Mark Osler
January 7, 2020
Former Minneapolis police Officer Mohamed Noor reads a statement in Minneapolis, before being sentenced by Judge Kathryn Quaintance in the fatal shoot

Counterpoint: Grand juries aren't a check on prosecutors' power

In practice, they simply conceal the decisions of the prosecutor.
Steve Chapman
January 7, 2020
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar speaks at the Veterans Memorial Building in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, Jan. 3, 2020. (Rebecca

Chicago Tribune's Steve Chapman: For something completely different — Amy Klobuchar

Americans often vote for the opposite of what they have. In that case, we should look to Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who offers a calm respite from the last four years.
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