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June 2, 2017
Fanned out colorful books forming an abstract pattern of explosion. ORG XMIT: MIN1705241657240576

Readers Write: Books for our times, foreign meddling, school absences, organic farming, Walker sculpture controversy

A few additional book recommendations.
Letters
June 2, 2017
Protesters gather outside the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 1, 2017, to protest President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the Unites S

Readers Write: President Trump's decision on the Paris climate agreement

Thursday's announcement brings a lot of jeers and a few amens.
Letters
June 2, 2017
Chesty, an English Bulldog, dashed to his owner Jenny Price during the fourth annual Running of the Bulldogs, at Canterbury Park, Monday, May 29, 2017

Readers Write: 'Running of the bulldogs,' parks and open space, charter schools, Walker sculpture controversy,

Races are inappropriate for some dog breeds.
Letters
June 1, 2017
The "Scaffold" sculpture by Sam Durant. ] AARON LAVINSKY ï aaron.lavinsky@startribune.com A group of Dakota tribal elders met Wednesday with offi

Readers Write: Walker sculpture controversy, Trump decision on the Paris Climate Agreement, Minnesota state government, gender bias, 'covfefe'

OK, but burning art?
Letters
May 31, 2017
Gov. Mark Dayton at his news conference early Tuesday evening. ] JEFF WHEELER ï jeff.wheeler@startribune.com Gov. Mark Dayton held a news confere

Readers Write: Gov. Mark Dayton and the Minnesota Legislature, Walker sculpture controversy, getting around in the Twin Cities area, gender perceptions

Dismay to go around regarding state government.
Letters
May 30, 2017
Protestors with signs gather outside the Walker Sculpture Garden Saturday, May 27, 2017, in Minneapolis. The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis said Sat

Readers Write: Walker Art Center sculpture controversy, Roseville as 'sanctuary suburb,' Metro Transit officer as immigration enforcer

A work of art, a protest, a resolution.
Letters
May 26, 2017
iStockphoto.com The view from a motor vehicle side mirror through the window in the rain. The image layers up due to the blind spot mirror giving a di

Readers Write: Safe driving, federal budget and AmeriCorps, opioids, Islam, President Trump

A few more tips for safe driving.
Letters
May 26, 2017
John Ladue looked on after loading his welding supplies into his car after completing his last day of class at South Central College in mid-December,

Readers Write: John LaDue, 'assault' on natural resources, police body cameras, editorial cartoons

Yes, LaDue can rebuild his life.
Letters
May 26, 2017
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Readers Write: Patriotism, oil pipelines, border adjustment tax, severance pay, condition of Minneapolis, profanity

Don't just follow along.
Letters
May 26, 2017
In this photo provided by Songlin Fei, Purdue University, taken May 16, 2017, an Eastern white pine tree. Eastern white pine trees in the U.S. have mo

Readers Write: Pines vs. climate change, aging, teaching, school funding, speech on campus, toll roads

We'll be left with what is essentially a museum.
Letters
May 25, 2017
Star Tribune file A recently restored first edition of the Minneapolis Daily Tribune dated May 25, 1867.

Readers Write: Star Tribune's 150th anniversary, media bias toward Trump, the president's budget proposal, Electoral College origins, renaming Lake Calhoun, renaming Ramsey Middle School

Free press needed then, and now.
Letters
May 24, 2017
FILE - In this June 16, 2014 file photo, demonstrators chant pro-Islamic State group, slogans as they carry the group's flags in front of the provinci

Readers Write: Islamic terrorism, the Electoral College, Edina rent hike, Womenwinning

Call terrorism what it is:Islamic.
Letters
May 23, 2017
Ringling Bros. ringmaster Johnathan Lee Iverson opens the final show of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Sunday, May 21, 2017, in Uniond

Readers Write: Circuses, entertaining and otherwise; Manchester attack; Trump presidency, Trump budget, Minneapolis mayoral race, Edina rent hike

One circus gone, others eternal.
Letters
May 22, 2017
FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2006 file photo, Fox News CEO Roger Ailes poses at Fox News in New York. Fox News said on Thursday, May 18, 2017, that Ailes

Readers Write: Aging issues and the death of Roger Ailes, the exchange of ideas, the professionalism of teachers, the responsibilities of voters

Love or hate Roger Ailes, there's a humanity lesson in his death.
Letters
May 21, 2017
A new type of cycling lane may be coming to Minneapolis if the local bike lobby gets its way on Minnehaha and Washington avenues. They're lobbying for

Readers Write: Bike lanes, Rep. Erik Paulsen's health care vote, women's issues, speech on campuses, U.S. Postal Service, renaming Lake Calhoun

Bike lanes make our lifestyle possible.
Letters
May 20, 2017
Passengers traveling west on Amtrak's Empire Builder board the train en route to St. Paul, Minn., Thursday, July 14, 2011, in Chicago. Prolonged flood

Readers Write: Passenger rail in Minnesota, post-incarceration, teacher licensure, the Trump presidency

Stay on board, Minnesota.
Letters
May 19, 2017
A buffer strip of grass and trees along the Rock River west of Edgerton is a good example of the protective strips that help filter runoff.

Readers Write: Buffer strips, Dayton veto of abortion bills, the Trump presidency, assimilation, the role of nonpublic schools

Given water quality, there's no time for delay.
Letters
May 18, 2017
FILE -- FBI Director Robert Mueller III testifies during a hearing on Capitol Hill, in Washington, June 19, 2013. The Justice Department has appointed

Readers Write: Special counsel appointment, household debt, education funding, bike lanes, St. Paul's image, coverage of women's sports

We're all complicit in the Trump presidency.
Letters
May 17, 2017
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Readers Write: So many views on so much "breaking news" on the Trump presidency; circumcision

So many views on so much "breaking news" on the Trump presidency.
Letters
May 16, 2017
President Donald Trump listens during his meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tue

Readers Write: Trump and intelligence, bike lanes in Minneapolis, bike paths in Edina, breast health, circumcision

Media was played, then overplays.
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