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January 3, 2017
FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2015, file photo, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman speaks during a news conference at the Hennepin County Government Cent

Readers Write (Jan. 4): U football case, stadium protest, Minneapolis City Council, 'rising from poverty'

Assessing the decision not to charge.
Letters
December 30, 2016
Ethrophic Burnett grew up in the projects of Chicago and came to Minneapolis in 1997 with her oldest and pregnant with her second child, to seek a bet

Readers Write (Dec. 31): 'Rising from poverty' series, U.S.-Israel relations

"Rising from poverty," at our expense, it seems.
Letters
December 30, 2016
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), who was just named to the Senate Democratic leadership, speaks after a Senate Democratic organizing meeting on Capitol H

Readers Write (Jan. 3): U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, U.S. Rep. Erik Paulsen, global affairs, police unions, deterring crime, Muslim registry

Klobuchar has coattails in any race.
Letters
December 30, 2016
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Readers Write (Jan. 1): True religion as an antidote, binge drinking, quitting smoking, fighting climate change, banking fees, speedy transportation

A dangerous idea surfaces regarding religion.
Letters
December 30, 2016
After 42 years, the name of downtown Minneapolis' major hospital, HCMC, is about to be changed. After a year of surveys and focus groups, Hennepin Cou

Readers Write (Jan. 2): Hennepin County Medical Center, work rules and the Minnesota Legislature, U football crisis, air travel, U.S. Bank Stadium and wind damage

HCMC is a jewel, as I now know.
Letters
December 29, 2016
Skaters of all abilities rollered around the concourse of U.S. Bank Stadium Tuesday night. ] JEFF WHEELER ï jeff.wheeler@startribune.com Inline s

Readers Write (Dec. 30): Inline skating at U.S. Bank stadium, U.S.-Israel relations, sanctuary, lives lost in 2016, holiday shifts, the holiday spirit

A simple entertainment option is diminished in the new place.
Letters
December 28, 2016
FILE ó The Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim overlooks Al Zíaim, a Palestinian village in the West Bank, Oct. 26, 2016. Since the election

Readers Write (Dec. 29): U.S.-Israel relations, sanctuary, women in leadership, air travel, the holidays

Bad leadership indeed, but not from the U.S.
Letters
December 27, 2016
Samantha Power, U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations, votes to abstain a draft resolution urging an end to Israeli settlement activitie

Readers Write (Dec. 28): U.S.-Israel relations, offering sanctuary, Christmas Day editorial, holiday shifts

A damaging decision by Obama.
Letters
December 23, 2016
Readers Write (Dec. 24): Climate and soil science, bettering black lives, the mining regulation process and the BWCA, the year's best journalism

Readers Write (Dec. 24): Climate and soil science, bettering black lives, the mining regulation process and the BWCA, the year's best journalism

Essay misrepresented soil science.
Letters
December 23, 2016
For 20 years, Mark and Nancy Patton and their extended family have been offering sleigh rides through their Gunflint Trail property, attracting visito

Readers Write (Dec. 26): Winters in Minnesota, climate change, cultural differences, Minneapolis hindrances, Minneapolis assets

Winters in Minnesota: Often brutal, sometimes erratic, always beautiful.
Letters
December 23, 2016
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Readers Write (Dec. 27): Nuclear weapons, smoking and rental housing, violence against animals, gender bias, business ethics

The thing that hasn't changed: Nukes are still hell on earth.
Letters
December 22, 2016
House Speaker Kurt Daudt spared with Gov. Mark Dayton during a meeting they held to discuss the possibility of a special session on health care Friday

Readers Write (Dec. 22): Health insurance crisis, U football crisis, economic development

Just call a special session to address the state's health insurance crisis.
Letters
December 22, 2016
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Readers Write (Dec. 23): U football crisis, Compassionate Care Act, Trump's plan for Muslim registry

A way forward in U football crisis, based on the past?
Letters
December 20, 2016
Monument of Martin Luther in Wittenberg, Germany. It was the first public monument of the great reformer, designed 1821 by Johann Gottfried Schadow. M

Readers Write (Dec. 21): Martin Luther's legacy, race and policing, U football crisis

The full history of Martin Luther is acknowledged.
Letters
December 19, 2016
Photo by Joe Christensen, Star Tribune. The University of Minnesota players announced they are ending their boycott of football and plan to play in th

Readers Write (Dec. 20): U football crisis, stadium suites, the prison environment, regulations

Due process does not always rule the day.
Letters
December 16, 2016
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Readers Write (Dec. 18): The middle class, faith in science, men in the workforce, Salvation Army bell-ringing

But aside from all that, how are things going?
Letters
December 16, 2016
Illustration by Clay Rodery for the Star Tribune. For our SOLITARY series, entited Way Down In The Hole, published December 4, 2016

Readers Write (Dec. 19): Solitary confinement, fossils fuels and the Minneapolis City Council,

Letter writer who wondered why we should be concerned demonstrated a cruel and damaging attitude.
Letters
December 16, 2016
Wide receiver Drew Wolitarsky, center, flanked by quarterback Mitch Leidner, left, and tight end Duke Anyanwu, and with the rest of the team standing

Readers Write (Dec. 17): University of Minnesota athletics, Russia, Electoral College

Will this be the inflection point at the U?
Letters
December 15, 2016
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Readers Write (Dec. 16): The political divide, Gopher sanctions, Metropolitan Council, holiday liquor ads, ranked-choice voting

You call that conversation finding common ground?
Letters
December 14, 2016
This Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016 photo, released by the International Committee for the Red Cross, shows members of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent laying a

Readers Write (Dec. 15): Syria, political ambition, highway projects, U.S. education, psychiatric drugs

Please help alleviate the suffering in Syria.

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