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July 7, 2015
A haze rest along the Minneapolis skyline from the view of Ridgeway Parkway Park, Monday, July 6, 2015, in Minneapolis. The Minnesota Pollution Contro

Readers Write (July 8): Fires and air quality, political correctness, immigration and guns and law and order, affordable housing

Days of haze are but a symptom of fossil-fuel dependence.
Letters
July 6, 2015
Caption: This fire truck displayed the Confederate flag at a July 4th parade on Friday (cq) in Albert Lea. Credit: Photo by Lance Frank ORG XMIT: MIN1

Readers Write (July 7): Political correctness in names and symbols, limiting sugary soft drinks in health care settings

Firefighter in Albert Lea parade made his point at what cost?
Letters
July 4, 2015

Readers Write (July 5): Sustainability, $300,000 restroom

Responses to Katherine Kersten's commentary about the goals of campus sustainability.
Letters
July 3, 2015
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Readers Write (July 4): Smoking, Mississippi River, Southwest LRT, bicyclists, sustainability

There's still smoking where it shouldn't be — even near a hospital.
Letters
July 2, 2015
JIM GEHRZ Ô jgehrz@startribune.com St. Peter/May 27, 2008/12:00PM] Pexton Hall is a heavily secured building at the treatment facility in St. Pet

Readers Write (July 3): Minnesota Sex Offender Program, Iran nuclear negotiations, Nicollet Mall traffic, symbolism and atonement

The Minnesota Sex Offender Program went from process to politicization.
Letters
July 2, 2015
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Readers Write (July 6): The Great Toilet Seat Debate, U.S. Bank, U basketball coach's salary, coverage of women's sports, water quality, Lori Swanson

Why the burden is on men to raise the toilet seat.
Letters
July 1, 2015
Stewart Watson, right, of Baltimore, comforts Maranda Mincey ofCharleston, as they both become emotional while visiting the sidewalk memorial at the E

Readers Write (July 2): The need for atonement, sex offender policies, the Supreme Court, renaming lakes, Nicollet Mall traffic, 'urban explorers'

Add, to Independence Day, a day of atonement.
Letters
June 30, 2015
GENERAL INFORMATION: Minneapolis,Mn. Friday 5/31/2002 Gold rose to its highest level in 31 months as rising tensions in the Middle East, falling U.S.

Readers Write (July 1): Coin dealing, medical marijuana, the U.S. Supreme Court, the Catholic Church, the environment, K-9 abuse charges

Article gave the wrong impression about coin dealers in general.
Letters
June 29, 2015
FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2012 file photo, the U.S. Supreme Court Building is seen in Washington. The health insurance industry is spending millions to

Readers Write (June 30): U.S. Supreme Court, gay-rights timeline, bicyclists, K-9 abuse, medical research, 'sharing the wealth'

Understanding the rule of law, as opposed to the role of ideology.
Letters
June 28, 2015
Readers Write: (June 29): Koch brothers, living-wage jobs, proton therapy, Catholic women, Nicollet Mall, 'pet-friendly' condos and the $10 bill

Readers Write: (June 29): Koch brothers, living-wage jobs, proton therapy, Catholic women, Nicollet Mall, 'pet-friendly' condos and the $10 bill

Yes, they give to GOP, but also to many charitable causes.
Letters
June 27, 2015
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Readers Write (June 28): The climate, justice and mercy, suburban poverty, veterans' health care

Let's expand the 3 percent who are truly active about the climate.
Letters
June 26, 2015
JIM GEHRZ Ô jgehrz@startribune.com St. Peter/May 27, 2008/12:00PM] Pexton Hall is a heavily secured building at the treatment facility in St. Pet

Readers Write (June 25): Minnesota Sex Offender Program, the Confederate flag, Charleston shootings, Lake Calhoun, mining, the State Fair and obesity

The principal author of Minnesota's sex-offender legislation responds to ruling.
Letters
June 26, 2015
Same-sex marriage supporters hold up balloons that spell the word "love" as they wait outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday June 26, 2015

Readers Write: (June 27): Supreme Court rulings, marriage specifically, Lake Calhoun, garbage hauling

More has been lost than gained in rulings on ACA, marriage.
Letters
June 25, 2015
New York State Police via The New York Times In a photo provided by the New York State Police, an artistís conception of David Sweat and Richard

Readers Write: (June 26): Escaped prisoners, Kline on Iran, Minnesota politics, the Confederate flag, the ACA ruling, flavored tobacco

Regarding those escaped killers in New York: Life isn't all "CSI," is it?
Letters
June 23, 2015
Letters
June 22, 2015
Lake Calhoun was named after John C. Calhoun, who as secretary of war ordered the establishment of Fort Snelling but was also a passionate pro-slavery

Readers Write (June 23): Lake Calhoun, Charleston shootings and forgiveness, chiropractic care for kids, Minneapolis autism program, soccer stadium, 'bike-jerks,' repentance

Before worrying about South Carolina's Confederate flag, think about local symbols of oppression.
Letters
June 20, 2015
John Koepke, Samuel Geer and Michael Keenan, faculty of the Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Minnesota Hereís what the view co

Readers Write: (June 21): The Mississippi River, drunken driving, state Sen. John Marty, media bias

A "wilder" Mississippi is not the river we want.
Letters
June 19, 2015
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Readers Write (June 20): Home construction, Charleston shootings, race and justice, race and learning, Pope Francis, U.S. currency

"Living large" by building huge homes is a choice, but a poor one.
Letters
June 18, 2015
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Readers Write (June 19): The $10 bill, Metro Transit, the Supreme Court, international trade deals, cardiovascular screening, stadium naming rights

One reader supports Eleanor Roosevelt as the new face on the $10 bill. Another wants Hamilton to remain.

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