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February 3, 2017
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Readers Write (Feb. 5): Gestational surrogacy, responding to the Trump presidency, St. Louis Park, the funny pages

Clarify surrogacy standards in Minnesota.
Letters
February 3, 2017
President Donald Trump, and Stephen Bannon, right, Trump's chief strategist, before a meeting between Trump and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giulia

Readers Write (Feb. 6): Steve Bannon, Legislature and Israel, the role of a leader, Canada and travel restrictions, headlights and road safety

A man with too much power.
Letters
February 2, 2017
A young girl stood front and center at the front of the procession from St. Paul College to the State Capitol for the noon rally. ] ANTHONY SOUFFLE &#

Readers Write (Feb. 3): Supreme Court nomination, Trump's opponents, Trump's opponents' opponents, immigration and Islam, $15 minimum wage

'Fair opportunity' for whom in Gorsuch hearings?
Letters
February 1, 2017
University of Minnesota law professor Richard Painter poses for a photo. ] (Leila Navidi/Star Tribune) leila.navidi@startribune.com BACKGROUND INFORMA

Readers Write (Feb. 2): White House ethics lawsuit, Supreme Court nomination, Democratic obstruction of Cabinet appointments, redistricting, Congress on Groundhog Day

Ethics lawsuit is the good fight, eh? Who's paying?
Letters
January 31, 2017
FILE -- Eagle Scout Pascal Tessier, who is openly gay, in the annual Gay Pride March in New York, June 29, 2014. Reversing its stance of more than a c

Readers Write (Feb.1): Boy Scouts' policy on transgender kids, Trump's executive order on immigration

Equality must be carried out fully.
Letters
January 30, 2017
United States President Donald Trump signs Executive Orders in the Hall of Heroes at the Department of Defense in Virginia, January 27, 2017. Credit:

Readers Write (Jan. 31): Responses to Trump's executive order on refugees

A case of the vapors, perpetuated by the media.
Letters
January 27, 2017
President Donald Trump waves during the 58th Presidential Inauguration on Jan. 20, 2017 in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS) ORG XMI

Readers Write (Jan. 29): Trump's 'gospel of winning,' indoor air quality, outdoor air quality, school choice

Trump's governing philosophy doesn't sound like Christianity.
Letters
January 27, 2017
Roderick Cox profile, assistant conductor for MN Orchestra Wednesday October 26, 2016 in Minneapolis, MN. ] Jerry Holt / jerry. Holt@Startribune.com O

Readers Write (Jan. 28): Minnesota Orchestra's Roderick Cox, the Trump presidency, hunting and fishing ammunition, 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show'

A conductor's excellent example.
Letters
January 27, 2017
A cross was removed from a kneeling soldier at the veterans memorial park in Belle Plaine, MN. Advocates for the cross have been placing new ones at t

Readers Write (Jan. 30): Veterans and religion, protests and penalties, Minnesota Legislature and Israel, perceptions of women, winter driving

A misinterpretation in Belle Plaine.
Letters
January 26, 2017
Actress Mary Tyler Moore is shown as TV news producer Mary Richards in a scene from the "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," Aug. 1970 (AP Photo) ORG XMIT: AP

Readers Write (Jan. 27): Mary Tyler Moore's impact; Trump's executive actions, his despicable opponents and his Twitter use; abortion, no-guns policy, the North Loop

An analysis of the Mary Tyler Moore impact: How easy to have it all?
Letters
January 25, 2017
The Minnesota State Capitol gets ready for the 2017 legislative session January 3 after years of renovation and a $300 million makeover. ] GLEN STUBBE

Readers Write (Jan. 26): Minnesota Legislature and protests, Sunday liquor sales and more; abortion and the Women's March; Trump and Twitter

Crackdown on protests is wrong.
Letters
January 24, 2017
Demonstrators at the National Mall during the WomenÌs March on Washington , Jan. 21, 2017. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times) ORG XMIT: MIN2017012

Readers Write (Jan. 25): Women's movement and abortion, Trump's tax returns

Abortion is the cloud over this new women's movement.
Letters
January 23, 2017
Women's activists and supporters as they gathered at the State Capitol for the noon rally. ] ANTHONY SOUFFLE • anthony.souffle@startribune.com

Readers Write (Jan. 24): Women's Marches, Trump's first days

I was proud to stand with the marchers.
Letters
January 20, 2017
Breast cancer cell. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a single breast cancer cell, showing its uneven surface and cytoplasmic projections

Readers Write (Jan. 22): Cancer, Obama's legacy, race relations, conflicts of interest

Heed the mind-body connection.
Letters
January 20, 2017
Black Lives Matter protest occupied I-94 for four hours. ] GLEN STUBBE * gstubbe@startribune.com Saturday, July 9, 2016 Black Lives Matter protest sta

Readers Write (Jan. 23): Freeway protests, the concentration of wealth, the human diet, alternate lake names, light rail

A letter writer's inapt comparison.
Letters
January 20, 2017
President Barack Obama presidential emblem was placed on the podium before he spoke to a crowd at the Union Depot, Wednesday, February 26, 2014 in St.

Readers Write (Jan. 21): President Donald Trump

Let us all act with dignity.
Letters
January 19, 2017
Lisa Paal and Debbie Dodge, friends and sisters-in-law played bingo at Sticks and Stones Sports Bar in Blaine. ] GLEN STUBBE * gstubbe@startribune.com

Readers Write (Jan. 20): Women backing Trump, U.S. Rep. Jason Lewis, Meryl Streep, the abortion rate

The good and bad of knowing the big picture.
Letters
January 19, 2017
Members of the congress Rep. Luis Gutierrez D-IL, Rep. Keith Ellison D-MN, Rep. Charles Rangel, D-NY Rep. John Lewis D-GA among others protest outside

Readers Write (Jan. 19): Inauguration boycott, Trump's Cabinet, countering violent extremism, Minneapolis grocery store development, news coverage choices

Boycott is proper. Evidence abounds.
Letters
January 17, 2017
The lectern from where president-elect Donald Trump will speak during a rehearsal for the presidential inauguration outside the U.S. Capitol in Washin

Readers Write (Jan. 18): Trump's inauguration, U.S. Bank Stadium and Michele Kelm-Helgen, movie stars and CEOs, Leonard Peltier

Don't boycott a national moment.
Letters
January 16, 2017

Readers Write (Jan. 17): Sanctuary cities, the Trump transition and conflicts of interest, the Women's March on Washington

Let's get specific about the law.
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