Recent content from John Rash
Film festival shows the transformative power of art
At the 43rd Annual Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival, movies like "Sing Sing" and "The Movie Teller" reflect "how cinema or art in general moves us."
NATO's strength in numbers makes U.S. more secure
The transatlantic alliance, now up to 32 members, has protected the West for 75 years.
McDaniel mess suggests a more profound pundit problem
The "revolving door" of the political media industrial complex hurts journalism and democracy.
Osterholm: As politics infect science, new tactics critical
The widening partisan divide may make responding to the inevitable next pandemic even more difficult.
Photo flap a tempest in a (royal) teapot compared to coming AI era
Photoshop fails are more easily detectable than the insidious artificial-intelligence images that may threaten society and democracy itself.
The complexities of age and ethics in the presidential race
The numbers voters may mostly focus on aren't economic metrics, but Biden's age and Trump's indictments.
Film shows what doing 'whatever the hell they want' looks like
Oscar-nominated documentary "20 Days in Mariupol" depicts the results of an unrestrained Russia and Vladimir Putin.
The global impact from local human-rights activism
New U exhibit explores how Minnesota-based organizations often have had a worldwide influence in the enduring struggle for human rights.
Higher education takes a tough test
The University of Minnesota and other institutions face campus controversies, concern over cost and value from an increasingly skeptical public.
Why Dean Phillips continues against-the-odds quest
The Minnesota Democrat, who acknowledges a "steep slope ahead," has focused more on politics than policy while largely being ignored by the national news media.