Opinion

St. Paul Pioneer Press, on heroin’s rise (June 19) — As the Minnesota Department of Human Services reported this week that abuse of heroin and prescription opiates has risen sharply, Carol Falkowski came to mind. Last fall, in a Pioneer Press news report and follow-up for these pages, she said this: “Heroin is here, and we have never seen it like this before.”
We were warned.

The Holland (Mich.) Sentinel on the presidential campaign (June 10) — Americans won’t vote for president for almost five months, but we already seem to be in the thick of the presidential campaign. Attack ads denigrating Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are rolling out on television and the Web, fueled by hundreds of millions of dollars in “super PAC” money unleashed by the 2010 Citizens United decision. ...

The New York Post on Romney’s private equity role (June 2) — The Obama campaign’s continual carping about Mitt Romney’s role at private-equity firm Bain Capital continues to earn excoriating reviews.

And not just from Romney backers, but from Obama’s own pals — among them a Democratic icon and two top officeholders.

Former President Bill Clinton had this to offer: “I don’t think that we ought to get into the position where we say this is bad work. This is good work. ...