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Letters
June 3, 2016
File - In this March 1, 2013 file photo, an F-35 B Lightning II from VMFA 121 roars off the runway at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz. Israel Aero

Readers Write (June 4): Military technology, the 2016 election, gun violence, gratitude

Hey, cut the new F-35 aircraft some slack.
Letters
June 3, 2016
Readers Write (June 5): Charitable giving with 'strings attached,' the Catholic Church, business coverage, police shootings, tolerance and restrooms,

Readers Write (June 5): Charitable giving with 'strings attached,' the Catholic Church, business coverage, police shootings, tolerance and restrooms, Mideast terminology, "Stone Lake" serialized novel

There should be no room for negativity regarding charitable giving.
Letters
June 3, 2016
Smith's Medical is about halfway moved in to its new Plymouth headquarters. Some employees already work there but much is still being set up. ] After

Readers Write (June 6): The 2016 Legislature and competitiveness, divided government, Compassionate Care Act, Minneapolis development, volunteering in the schools, war monuments

Session's biggest compromise? Minnesota's ability to compete.
Letters
June 2, 2016
Protestors yelled profanities, flipped them off, and spit on them during a protest over the death of Jamar Clark, at the Fourth Police Precinct, Wedne

Readers Write (June 3): The Jamar Clark case, climate change, Sunday liquor sales, an Outdoors escape

The missing focus in the Jamar Clark case.
Letters
June 1, 2016
A Transportation Security Administration officer checks travelers luggage to be screened by an x-ray machine at a checkpoint at Fort Lauderdale-Hollyw

Readers Write (June 2): Airport security, Red Wing's college hopes, Sunday liquor sales, media coverage of violence, the 2016 campaign

Airport security: In defense of TSA screeners.
Letters
June 1, 2016
FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2013 file photo, a man uses his cell phone as he drives through traffic in Dallas. In a new survey, 98 percent of motorists wh

Readers Write (June 1): Inattentive driving, disabilities, Hillary Clinton's opponents, violence and protest, Obama in Japan

Experiences bear out the concern about inattentive driving.
Letters
May 27, 2016
On 5/12/16, an impromptu memorial of balloons and flowers on a service road off Olson Memorial Highway near the spot where Derrick Rodgers fell, to mo

Readers Write (May 28): Gun violence in Minneapolis, Hillary Clinton's e-mails, transgender accommodations, fear itself, mini golf at the Walker

Police work is only one tool against gun violence.
Letters
May 27, 2016
Illustration by Kim Maxwell Vu ï Star Tribune

Readers Write (May 29): What's wrong/right with golf,

"What's the matter with golf today?" Or, rather, what's right?
Letters
May 27, 2016
Star Tribune photo illustration

Readers Write (May 30): Memorial Day, preserving your legacy, Obama at Hiroshima, health care costs, this summer's serialized book

Memorial Day: Set aside at least a minute at 3 p.m.
Letters
May 26, 2016
Exterior of the Northern Warehouse Artists Cooperative in St. Paul. This is a story about the Mpls-St. Paul Home Tour, which begins May 1. We're going

Readers Write (May 27): Subsidized housing for artists, University of Minnesota, Hillary Clinton

Subsidized housing for artists: The discussion continues.
Letters
May 25, 2016
Ed Graff

Readers Write (May 26): Minneapolis superintendent selection, Hillary Clinton's e-mail, health care costs, airport security, Donald Trump's VP options, life's persistent questions

The Minneapolis Public Schools: This superintendent because … ?
Letters
May 24, 2016
Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges delivered her 2016 State of the City Address at the MacPhail Center for Music, Tuesday, May 17, 2016 in Minneapolis, MN

Readers Write (May 25): Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges, the 2016 Legislature, airport security, Trump on climate change

Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges: Of style and substance.
Letters
May 23, 2016
Member of the house stand and applaud on the final day of the session during recognition of veterans Sunday, May 22, 2016, in St. Paul, Minn. Minnesot

Readers Write (May 24): The 2016 Legislature, the rich and taxes

One word for what transpired in St. Paul: appalling.
Letters
May 20, 2016
Brooklyn Park Police Chief Craig Enevoldsen showed a video of a 25-year-old man who was "locked in a violent struggle for three minutes with a Brookly

Readers Write (May 21): Brooklyn Park police video, Bernie Sanders, paid sick leave, light rail and sales taxes, Minneapolis parks, Minnesota sports

Contrast, don't compare Clark case with Brooklyn Park struggle.
Letters
May 20, 2016
Bloominton, MN 4/25/2003 The American Indian artifacts and motif are everywhere in the interior decor of the Thunderbird Motel ORG XMIT: MIN2016032915

Readers Write (May 22): Thunderbird Hotel, gas tax, retirement planning, pensions

For me, a visit to the Thunderbird Hotel was a launchpad to learning.
Letters
May 20, 2016
Members of the Hitler Youth participate in burning books, in Salzburg, Austria, on April 30, 1938. The burning of books that are condemned as Jewish-M

Readers Write (May 23): Democracy, Xcel Energy rates, airport security, Hillary Clinton

What if the people don't want democracy?
Letters
May 19, 2016
In a Saturday, May 14, 2016 photo, supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, including Valeria Romano, center left, and Johnny H

Readers Write (May 20): The Bernie Sanders campaign, the Legislature, license tab fees, Real ID, airport security

Editorial on Sanders and Nevada shows how the media fails us.
Letters
May 18, 2016
This photo shows traffic along Hwy. 10 just south of Main St. in Coon Rapids, MN. Between the traffic lanes one can see the cable median fence. ... as

Readers Write (May 19): The Legislature and transportation funding

Principles and proposals for transportation funding.
Letters
May 17, 2016
Power generation at Sherco in 2012.

Readers Write (May 18): Xcel Energy, transportation budget, Mpls. high-rise plan, for-profit college closures, assisted suicide

Xcel Energy profits and rates: What's really cooking in this kitchen?
Letters
May 16, 2016
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Readers Write (May 17): Minneapolis and sick leave, Nekima Levy-Pounds and activism, Democratic presidential race, business and leadership

Minneapolis' proposed sick-leave policy is no rush job.

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