John Rash

Minneapolis

Columnist and Editorial Writer at The Minnesota Star Tribune

John Rash - Star Tribune columnist and editorial writer; WCCO-AM media analyst; former U of MN adjunct journalism instructor

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Articles

Don't dim America's 'beacon of hope'

3 days ago | startribune.com | John Rash

Opinion editor's note: Strib Voices publishes a mix of commentary online and in print each day. To contribute, click here. "Give me your tired, your poor, / your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, / the wretched refuse of your teeming shore," were words once welcoming the world to America.
The fiscal impact of the bill will be big, but it won't be beautiful

1 week ago | startribune.com | John Rash

Opinion editor's note: Strib Voices publishes a mix of commentary online and in print each day. To contribute, click here. In Washington, it's arithmetic versus rhetoric regarding economic issues. Politics may prevail in the short term. But ultimately, as always, math will win out.
American campuses need international students

1 week ago | startribune.com | John Rash

Opinion editor's note: Strib Voices publishes a mix of commentary online and in print each day. To contribute, click here. "Veritas" - Latin for "verity" or "truth" - is Harvard's motto. So here's the truth about Harvard and nearly every campus in this country: International students are needed not just for higher education but for the higher standard of living and higher ideals their schools deliver to America.
Unite on the right to, and rights of, a free press

2 weeks ago | startribune.com | John Rash

Opinion editor's note: Strib Voices publishes a mix of commentary online and in print each day. To contribute, click here. The world has become accustomed to President Donald Trump using his metaphorical bully pulpit to attack journalists by labeling them an "enemy of the people." So it seems novel when a new global leader from America with a literal pulpit instead prays for journalists - and praises them.
'Between both worlds,' Ukrainians in Minnesota contribute to each

3 weeks ago | startribune.com | John Rash

Opinion editor's note: Strib Voices publishes a mix of commentary online and in print each day. To contribute, click here. On Thursday in Istanbul, presidents presiding over the first direct Russia-Ukraine talks since 2022 include Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Russia's Vladimir Putin's participation is uncertain, and just maybe America's Donald Trump will detour from the Mideast in a bid for peace in Eastern Europe.
Rash: Record graduation rate merits kudos

3 weeks ago | startribune.com | John Rash

Opinion editor's note: Strib Voices publishes a mix of commentary online and in print each day. To contribute, click here. Graduation-party season may have been a bit busier in Minnesota last spring. That's because a record percentage of students graduated last year: 59,720 of them, representing 84.2% of the class of 2024, according to recently released data from the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE). The news gets better: Demographic gaps, while enduring, narrowed.
Rash: Trump is risking America's

1 month ago | startribune.com | John Rash

Opinion editor's note: Strib Voices publishes a mix of commentary online and in print each day. To contribute, click here. Cold fronts are supposed to come from Canada, not the other way around.
Tariffs and reckless rhetoric repel international tourists from U.S. travel

1 month ago | startribune.com | John Rash

Opinion editor's note: Strib Voices publishes a mix of commentary online and in print each day. To contribute, click here. What if few foreign visitors come to the party - in part because the U.S. no longer seems to be the beacon of democracy? And what if that dimmed beacon beckons far fewer international travelers than expected to other events slated stateside, like the 2026 World Cup, scheduled a week after America's semiquincentennial (the official term, but let's stick with 250th)?
Pope Francis' lesson and legacy of love, faith and service

1 month ago | startribune.com | John Rash

Opinion editor's note: Strib Voices publishes a mix of commentary online and in print each day. To contribute, click here. Pope Francis was admitted to Rome's Gemelli Hospital on St. Valentine's Day. He died at 88 on Easter Monday. The symmetry and symbolism of those two dates reflect a legacy of love and faith that made him a unique, indeed singular, spiritual and even geopolitical leader. St. Valentine, said the Rev.
The 'fabric of our Constitution' is frayed

1 month ago | startribune.com | John Rash

Opinion editor's note: Strib Voices publishes a mix of commentary online and in print each day. To contribute, click here. "Students with visas live in fear," read the headline from a Friday Star Tribune story about international students studying in Minnesota who were "afraid of being singled out for minor infractions." The fear, according to Alan Rozenshtein, an associate professor of law at the University of Minnesota, is unfortunately justified.