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In this Jan. 18, 2020, photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke with athletes and coaches at the National Al

Mitt Romney: The right way to boycott the Beijing Olympics

We in the U.S. can repudiate Chinese policy without unfairly punishing our athletes.

Justice Stephen Breyer should retire right now

March 16
BC-OPED-CAMPOS-JUSTICE-BREYER-RETIREMENT-ART-NYTSF — Justice Breyer Should Retire Right Now (Simone Noronha/The New York Times) — ONLY FOR USE WIT
If he doesn't, Democrats run the very real risk that they would be unable to replace him.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan: The West should help Turkey end Syria's civil war

March 16
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Here's how that would take shape.

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Opinion Exchange
March 16

Biden rightly aims to go green and create new jobs

Policy needs to curb climate change but not harm workers, the economy.
Ross Douthat
March 16
In this Sept. 8, 2020 photo, voting booths are kept socially distant at the Chesterfield, N.H. polling site. A majority of President Donald Trump’s

Voting wars are pointless as well as endless

Studies show ID laws, other rule changes, don't prevent fraud or have much of an effect on voter turnout. But the parties can't let it go.
Katy Miller, Rhamy Magid, Christopher Dunne, Angela Kade Goepferd and Kelsey Leonardsmith
March 16
A bill presented in Minnesota says a transgender girl would be guilty of a petty misdemeanor if she tries out for a girls’ team. Transgender girls w

Anti-trans legislation is inhumane

The bill suggests criminal penalties for young transgender athletes.
Monica Nilsson
March 15
Since the death of George Floyd, the sound of gunfire has become common in the area surrounding 38th Street and Chicago Avenue, or George Floyd Square

Near George Floyd Square: Revolution by day, devolution by night

The neighbors surrounding the site of George Floyd's death in south Minneapolis are asking for prayers, and help.
Tyler Cowen, Bloomberg Opinion
March 15
A stack of vaccine cards wait to be handed out to registered residents after they receive their Moderna COVID-19 vaccines from the Oakland County Heal

Vaccine passports could be a shot in the arm

But no need to put a warp speed rush on it.
Opinion Exchange
March 15
In this Oct. 3, 2017, photo, tourists rode classic convertible cars on the Malecon beside the U.S. Embassy in Havana.

Biden should take first steps toward a new relationship with Cuba

Trump won some votes in Florida, but otherwise his policies failed.
Chye-Ching Huang
March 15
In February, the IRS commissioner, Charles P. Rettig, told Congress that about $570 billion in taxes owed in 2019 were not paid. That tax gap is proje

How Biden funds his next bill? By targeting the tax cheats.

The IRS is often unable to detect or fight blatant noncompliance. Restoring the missing revenue — estimated at $7.5 trillion over the next decade — is a solution that pays for itself.
Charles M. Blow
March 15
President Bill Clinton in 1998.

Democrats repent for Bill Clinton and two pieces of terrible legislation

He was a gifted politician, but his crime and welfare acts were seriously damaging to equality.
Jennifer B. Nuzzo and Emily N. Pond
March 15
This Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021 file photo shows a BinaxNOW rapid COVID-19 test made by Abbott Laboratories, in Tacoma, Wash. After a year of struggling

COVID vaccines aren't enough. We need more tests.

The coronavirus won't subside if we can't keep tabs on it.
James M. Rosenbaum
March 14
This judge says juries are the best way to ensure a fair trial.

Counterpoint: Take it from a judge — put your trust in juries

Those who criticize the jury usually have little experience with it.
Eric Magnuson
March 14
The Page amendment would ensure an equal right for all Minnesota children to a quality education.

Minnesota schools must aim higher with the Page amendment

We must put children — and their education — first.
James Densley
March 14
The juvenile justice system needs reform.

Restoring humanity to juvenile justice is overdue

We must send a message to Minnesota's children that their lives matter, even if they make mistakes.
D.J. Tice
March 13
President Joe Biden signs the American Rescue Plan in the Oval Office in Washington on Thursday. Even before the plan’s passage, this year’s defic

Washington's debt-defying show goes on

With the stimulus bill, it's Democrats' turn to perform without a net.
Lori Sturdevant
March 13
The Minnesota Legislature has the chance to pass legislation giving more support to families in need of child care.

Finally, women's value to workforce is acknowledged

It's beyond time for the state to provide more support for child care.
Opinion Exchange
March 12

COVID-19 has revealed how much U.S. needs its mail

Congress can help strengthen USPS by letting it be more flexible.
Susan Kent
March 12
Gov. Tim Walz spoke after visiting a site administering COVID-19 vaccines to people with appointments at the Earle Brown Heritage Center, Jan. 28, in

Counterpoint: Under Walz, Minnesota found a balanced response

Data-based solutions have helped us lessen many of the worst possible outcomes during this pandemic.
John Rash, Rash Report
March 12
Despite partisan speech throughout the pandemic, there’s a strong sense that we’re in this together. Above, a handmade sign on the lawn of a Grand

Unity elusive during a long pandemic year

Unlike previous crises like World War II, virus left the country's politics, media and, at times, even society more divided than ever.
Linda Greenhouse
March 12
U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts arrived for the 59th presidential inauguration on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021.

The $1 ruling and our lonely chief justice

A recent solitary dissent by John Roberts points to his isolation from the court's other conservatives.
Jeanne Sheehan, The Fulcrum (TNS)
March 12
The painting “Foundation of the American Government” by John Henry Hintermeister.

Our government system was designed to fail, and has worked spectacularly

In their quest to protect liberty, the framers created a system that guards against all majorities, both those that are oppressive and those that are not.
Trudy Rubin
March 12
Pope Francis, right, met with Iraq’s leading Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in Najaf, Iraq, on Saturday, March 6, 2021.

What you didn't know about meeting between the pope and the ayatollah

This was a desperate last plea by global religious moderates for justice and peace.
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