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The Irish-American party bosses of Tammany Hall are no longer kingmakers on the Potomac, but, still, there remain enough voters from Boston to Baltimore who count themselves Sons of Erin to justify inviting the Taoiseach (our prime minister) to the...
From the column: "God did not command that the internet be treated differently from all other media."
Readers Write: Police and white supremacist affiliation, crowd-control chemicals, police deaths, wokeness Beware this seeming solution. Text size Copy shortlink: I am concerned with the push to prohibit police officers from affiliating with white supremacist groups. While it is easy to agree with the thought behind this proposal, the devil is in the details. First and foremost is, who will decide what a white supremacist group is? While there are groups most people and political factions would probably agree on, it is disingenuous to clai...
Editorial Roundup: Minnesota Minneapolis Star Tribune. May 9, 2021. Editorial: Focus should be on a safer University of Minnesota campus Student activists seem more focused on a number of unhelpful demands. Tensions are running high between some University of Minnesota students and campus police. But student activists have made a number of unreasonable demands while the focus should be on better student-police cooperation and improved public safety. In a letter to administrators last month, student government leaders demanded that U Police Chief Matthew Clark resign. They argue that as a fo...
Counterpoint: U student reform rhetoric is neither radical nor irresponsible It is the empathetic reaction of students who wish to prevent more trauma and more heartbreak. By Andrew Tisell Text size Copy shortlink: In "Radical rhetoric on U policing is irresponsible" (Opinion Exchange, May 6), Benjamin Ayanian argued that University of Minnesota leaders have bent to "unreasonable demands from emotional individuals who are unswayed by facts" concerning the U police department (UMPD). It is a one-sided view of student activism. It is essent...