Small Minnesota care homes facing excessive fees and unnecessary rules
Recent legislative licensing changes will endanger the future of some of the very best care alternatives, and potentially shut them down completely.
Opinion
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Natural areas and working lands are key to Minnesota’s future
We need natural climate solutions — and investing in family farmers, forest managers, and others — to be a priority for the Legislature, for the governor and state agencies, and for companies and communities too.
Mitt Romney: Still willing to buck his party
“Five human beings died” because of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, Romney said. “And there’s no question but that the president incited the insurrection that occurred. To what degree and so forth is something we’re going to evaluate in the trial.”
America’s credibility problem: Reversing Trump’s actions won’t be enough
The Biden administration faces profoundly neglected challenges, and the international landscape has changed.
Clean energy is the future for conservatives
It must become part of the Republican Party’s core messaging platform as a matter of survival.
On QAnon and closed-minded adherence to falsehoods
Changing minds is hard. But at least listening occasionally to someone with opposing views is vital.
Our youth face a rigged economy
If young people today were entering an economy where incomes rose the way incomes for their grandparents did, salaries would be almost twice as much as they actually are.
Larry King: The curious everyman who talked to everyone
Didn’t matter if the caller was a crackpot, cranky know-it-all, pretentious intellect or some lonely dude just looking to talk to someone. In the world according to King, they all had something worth listening to.
Educating youth about climate change is crucial to our future
I believe that if children are taught from a young age more about climate change, it will greatly reduce the number of misconceptions that are spread.
Minnesota needs a climate leader, not a new pipeline
Gov. Tim Walz held on to the past even when a better, cleaner future beckoned.
Home burials: a shrinking chapter of our history
Home burial as a sacred rite became embattled when people massed themselves into city-states, and when nations collectivized armies eager to wage wars away from home.
How Eisenhower thought Supreme Court justices should be chosen
Susan Eisenhower noted on the “Skullduggery” podcast that her grandfather, Dwight D. Eisenhower, a Republican, had appointed a liberal Democrat to the court.
Let America become America for all — including immigrants
During the months ahead, we face the hard work of making sure that a deeply divided Congress comes together and passes the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021.
Minnesota should vaccinate teachers next
I am calling for all Minnesotans to put their heart and soul into safely reopening K-12 schools.
‘Trump’s American Carnage’ looks back at what we just survived
“This is not over. This is an ongoing attack on democracy,” says anti-Trump Republican commentator Charlie Sykes.
The power to pardon in Minnesota should be the governor’s
A lawsuit is challenging a 1941 law that requires a unanimous decision by the governor, the chief justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court and the attorney general.
Nicollet Ave. project: a zombie streetcar and pot of Minneapolis money that nobody wants to talk about
If you talk to people off the record, nobody likes the Nicollet streetcar proposal, at least not as it’s currently drafted.
Reopening elementary schools: How it’s done matters
Elementary school settings are not somehow naturally COVID-proof. These schools still represent a real transmission risk with broad impacts.
On the anniversary of Roe, we fight for control of our bodies
As we face the real possibility of losing federal protections for safe, legal abortion, we must take action at the state level.
Poli Sci 101: The course Trumpers didn’t take
Despite their many flaws, the Founders of our republic were working to build a future with fewer tyrants and more freedom, rather than one full of tyrants in which everyone is afraid.
