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Opinion

Tim Walz personifies democrats’ decline

Editorials and columns

Tim Walz is going away, but the Democratic Party's Tim Walz crisis isn't. The Minnesota governor gave up his quest for a third term Monday: Staying out of jail will be challenging enough for him over the next few months, never mind prolonging his stay in office. Federal prosecutors ...

There are times to put down cellphones. Lots of times

Editorials and columns

The year opened with what could be one of the most horrifying videos of 2026. At 1:30 a.m. in a basement bar at a Swiss ski resort, flames started dancing on the ceiling. Instead of rushing upstairs to flee the room, many celebrants lifted their cellphones toward the blaze, eager to record the ...

Legislative lessons learned in 2025

Editorials and columns

Remember back to your elementary school days when you finished one grade, had the summer off, and then the challenge was to remember the lessons you covered in the previous grade and transfer that to the new grade. They call it learning. So as they wrote into the history books the legislative ...

Marking time in an unceremonious world

Editorials and columns

The hot take that floated into my inbox this week was that resolutions are passe. Apparently, thinking about "next year" is outdated. We're in this grind of time and marking it arbitrarily doesn't matter. But, really, we time-travel constantly. It's one of the best things about being ...