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Letters
September 22, 2015
Republican presidential candidate Richard Nixon smiles during a news conference, 1968. (AP Photo) ORG XMIT: APHS108575

Readers Write (Sept. 23): Ben Carson, Ahmed Mohamed, abortion, Scott Walker, downtown Minneapolis gridlock, Black Lives Matter and St. Paul elections, Vikings mascot Ragnar

The wheel of cynicism turns: Trump, Carson and Nixon.
Letters
September 21, 2015
Irving MacArthur High School student Ahmed Mohamed, 14, poses for a photo at his home in Irving, Texas on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015. Mohamed was arreste

Readers Write (Sept. 22): Islam and the U.S., Singapore as a public-safety model, Planned Parenthood funding, Gophers football

Bias against Muslims is real, but that kid's clock really did look like a bomb.
Letters
September 20, 2015
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Readers Write (Sept. 21): College in the schools, Planned Parenthood, Bernie Sanders, Minneapolis public safety, guns

A fine editorial about earning college credit in high school. But about that evidence …
Letters
September 18, 2015
Several high-powered media attorneys have joined the defamation case involving former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura.

Readers Write (Sept. 20): Jesse Ventura, technology and domestic abuse, drivers' behavior, downtown shootings, black-household income

If former governor is getting back in politics, he needs my information.
Letters
September 18, 2015
FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015 file photo, a pediatrician holds a dose of the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine at his practice in Northridg

Readers Write (Sept. 19): Presidential debate — vaccinations, women's issues, what was ignored; school bus driver pay, Columbia Heights student walkout, Minnesota National Guard

Vaccination discussion during presidential debate was terrible.
Letters
September 17, 2015
Republican presidential candidates, from left, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, retired neurosurg

Readers Write (Sept. 18): Republican debate, income and opportunity, managed care

Whom to keep, whom to toss from the race after the recent Republican debate.
Letters
September 16, 2015
Paramedic Brett Willis waited outside the Hydrate MN van, which was parked outside Lord Fletcherís on a recent Saturday afternoon. ] JIM GEHRZ &#

Readers Write (Sept. 17): Hydration, the migrant crisis, labor, New Brighton neighbor shooting

IV fluid cure for a hangover? It's likely just another craze.
Letters
September 14, 2015
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Readers Write (Sept. 15): Minneapolis redevelopment, Greenwood murder-suicide, St. Paul crisis residence program, remembering 9/11, using resources wisely

Revision to Nye's Polonaise redevelopment plan is one small step for the community, and yet …
Letters
September 11, 2015
Photo provided by Martin R. Wellens

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
Laura Hafffield is the coordinator and, executive assistant to the vice chancellor for student life at the University of Minnesota Duluth talked about

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
One of the controversial titles published by Reading Horizons.

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
Minneapolis, Mn. Thursday 12/ 30/2004 Richard Sennott/ Star Tribune 75th anniversary of the American Swedish Institue. The American Swedish Institute

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
The real people behind the characters of the "Betsy-Tacy" novels, from left: Mrs. Charles Kirch ("Tacy"); Maud Hart Lovelace ("Betsy") and Marjorie Ge

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.

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