Although official Russian channels still insist on referring to a “special military operation” in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin is preparing his country for a protracted war. In a long speech earlier this week, the Russian president portrayed the conflict as an existential geopolitical struggle ...

The Supreme Court seemed reluctant this week to narrow legal protections for internet companies so that families of the victims of terrorist attacks could sue social media sites they think bear some responsibility for their loved ones’ deaths. The justices’ caution is ...

The right to vote THUMBS UP: People should have the right to vote. Minnesotans who have been convicted of felonies lose that right as part of their sentence, but now they will regain the right when they leave jail. Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill Friday restoring the right to vote to people ...

Housing prices are falling after surging 40% during the pandemic. This should help buyers frozen out of the market by rising mortgage rates. So why is the Biden Administration seeking to support prices by increasing the government housing subsidy? The Federal Housing Administration said ...

Opioid overdoses have become a public health emergency in Minnesota, and the Legislature must act urgently to put in place commonsense measures to prevent overdoses and distribute those remedies widely. Families of overdose victims rallied at the state Capitol Tuesday, including Kim Gustavson ...

Preliminary reports from the National Transportation Safety Board indicate that automated alerts triggered by track monitoring devices may have been ignored just prior to the train derailments in Sandusky (Ohio) in October and in East Palestine, Ohio, earlier this month. In other words, human ...