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Doyle McManus
Advice for our oldest president, now 79
Joe Biden might have something to learn from the second-oldest president, Ronald Reagan.
Tyler Cowen
Inflation's return restores the value of Milton Friedman's ideas
Monetarism is what will bring us back down.
Sarah Strommen
Counterpoint: DNR resource management is passionate, careful, balanced
Fact-based dialogue and collaboration will help inform the best possible decisions for our collective future.
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Get workers their 'hero pay' without delay
Don't turn hero bonuses into just another political football.
Ron Way
Minnesota, land of 3,000 impaired waters (and counting)
Pressure politics, public complacency, regulatory timidity and more are to blame for this preventable outcome.
Lori Sturdevant
Minnesota, the Midwest are central in combating climate change
For progress to occur, representative democracy will have to work better in these parts than it has in several decades.
Editorial
A simple message: Vaccines save lives
The stark gap in outcomes between the vaccinated and unvaccinated offers more reason to get the shots.
the Economist
How free society can survive and thrive in the new era of big government
To understand, we must consider why government grows.
Letters
Readers Write: Illness and death with dignity, the Kyle Rittenhouse case, teachers, forbearance
Death with dignity is hard no matter how it's approached, but understanding is needed.
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Mark Osler
When it comes to human pardons, thanks for nothing
President Joe Biden hasn't just not pardoned anyone — he's just letting the requests sit unanswered.
Editorial
The cruel reality of Rittenhouse verdicts
Teen is found not guilty, but no lives should have been lost in Kenosha.
John Rash
New study, news headlines reflect the rise of political violence
Censure of Rep. Gosar, tense trials in Wisconsin and Georgia, continued fallout of Capitol insurrection suggest an accelerating trend.
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