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Letters
September 11, 2015
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Readers Write (Sept. 13): Lake Minnetonka litter, aquatic invaders, cops and force, 'bogus' research, individualism

The truth about what one finds in Cruiser's Cove — and why.
Letters
September 11, 2015
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Readers Write (Sept. 14): Food shelves, class warfare and the American dream, monarch butterflies, Iron Range Resources & Rehabilitation Board, Trump on women

Donate to food shelves, but do so practically.
Letters
September 11, 2015
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Readers Write (Sept. 12): School books controversy, literacy, UCare, veterans health care, presidential qualities

Bravo to those who spoke up about books not "thoroughly reviewed."
Letters
September 10, 2015
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Readers Write (Sept. 11): Building entrances and accessibility, law and conscience, Syrians seeking refuge, Catholic Church

Why have building entrances become less than "grand"? Accessibility for all.
Letters
September 9, 2015
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Readers Write (Sept. 10): Betsy-Tacy books, law and conscience, race relations, Syrian refugees, guns, youth sports sponsors

Maud Hart Lovelace represents Minnesota with distinction on magazine's list.
Letters
September 8, 2015
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Readers Write (Sept. 9): Infrastructure and the future, Kim Davis, Walter Palmer, health insurance, race relations

Invest in infrastructure with plans for what's ahead.
Letters
September 8, 2015
Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, right, talks with David Moore following her office's refusal to issue marriage licenses at the Rowan County Courthouse i

Readers Write (Sept. 5): County clerk in Kentucky, migrant crisis, State Fair milk price hike, PolyMet mine

Unlike county clerk in Kentucky, professionals do their jobs.
Letters
September 6, 2015
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Readers Write (Sept. 7): Texting from the State Fair (spell check!), Metropolitan Council, unanalyzed rape kits, cigarette vs. wood smoke, climate change

Replies the food, described by text: I resemble that remark.
Letters
September 6, 2015
Workers from Applied Ecological Services were cutting down non-native, invasive cattails in Loring Park Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014, in Minneapolis, MN.](

Readers Write (Sept. 8): Cattails in Loring Park, airport noise, Hillary Clinton, Syrian refugees

Please, no chemicals to control cattails in Loring Park.
Letters
September 4, 2015
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Readers Write (Sept. 6): American culture, public policy, food and health, missed medical diagnoses, migrant crisis

Individualism, to what degree?
Letters
September 3, 2015
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Readers Write (Sept. 4): Lake Calhoun signs, race relations, opinionmaking, the environment, the NFL

Lake Calhoun signs: Almost as good as the real thing.
Letters
September 2, 2015
David Hughes of Polymet walked through the site where the Polymet open pit mine will likely be on Wednesday, September 7, 2011, in Hoyt Lakes, Minn. (

Readers Write (Sept. 3): PolyMet mine, oil trains vs. pipelines, airport noise, police and the use of force, taxes and spending, border walls as a priority

On water issues, consensus is elusive; we need to decide how to decide.
Letters
September 1, 2015
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Readers Write (Sept. 2): Clergy sex abuse payouts, taxes and spending, airport noise, border walls, police and the use of force

What payouts in sex-abuse cases can and can't do.
Letters
August 31, 2015
Black Lives Matter Minnesota vows to disrupt the State Fair's first Saturday by assembling at Hamline Park and marching to the Minnesota State Fairgro

Readers Write (Sept. 1): Civil disobedience, taxes and intelligent citizenship, Minneapolis deterioration

Disruption is needed, because power concedes nothing without a struggle.
Letters
August 30, 2015
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Readers Write (Aug. 31): Public scoldings, school supplies, GMOs, televised public comments, sexual consent, climate change, writing quirks, Bob Dylan murals

Before you speak, stop to think about whether you really know it all.
Letters
August 28, 2015
Ancient architecture in Palmyra, Syria, March 22, 2014. Militants from the Islamic State set off explosions around the Temple of Baalshamin, one of th

Readers Write (Aug. 29): Destruction of antiquities, gun violence, Black Lives Matter, ACT scores, stadium accident, Trump and Sanders

ISIL's actions at Palmyra show why we must study history.
Letters
August 28, 2015
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Readers Write: (Aug. 30): Airport traffic, University of Minnesota, distracted driving, end-of-life planning, corporate finances

"Fair skies" are needed, in the future, and in the here and now.
Letters
August 27, 2015
A monarch butterfly was brightly illuminated by the sun as it clung to a plant at Sunfish Lake Park in the City of Ramsey.

Readers Write (Aug. 28): Pollinator habitat, Minnesota Sex Offender Program, race and hiring, Black Lives Matter protest

Minnesotans of all stripes have banded together for this rescue effort.
Letters
August 26, 2015
This restored blue archway sign at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds dates from the 1930s and stands in the West End Market, where Heritage Square once

Readers Write (Aug. 27): State Fair, prescription painkillers, GMOs, Waukesha and water, school supplies, TV shootings

Here are the top 10 signs that you're a Minnesota State Fair fanatic.
Letters
August 25, 2015
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Readers Write (Aug. 26): Suicide, addiction, redevelopment, thwarted attack in France

Whose feelings should come first when a suffering patient wishes to die?

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