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February 1, 2018
A super blue blood moon is seen setting behind the Hollywood hills in Los Angeles on Wednesday Jan. 31, 2018. The moon is putting on a rare cosmic sho

Readers Write: Lunar eclipse, U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, marijuana, immigration, St. Paul during the Super Bowl, 'simple computations'

Hope in unweary eyes.
Letters
January 30, 2018
The crowd waited for Sheila E. to take the stage at Nicollet Mall. ] CARLOS GONZALEZ ï cgonzalez@startribune.com - Minneapolis, MN - Prince tribu

Readers write: Super Bowl, the skyways and Nicollet Mall, Sen. Amy Klobuchar and mining review

And all it took was a billion-dollar stadium and a Super Bowl.
Letters
January 29, 2018
With the skyline for a view people made their way across the Mississippi River via zip line, Friday, January 26, 2018 in Minneapolis, MN. ] ELIZABETH

Readers Write: Super Bowl zipline and kite festival, Super Bowl and businesses, downtown surveillance, mineral exploration, "crusty old cave trolls," Larry Nassar sentencing

Why not expand these events?
Letters
January 26, 2018
A bald eagle perches in a tree on the Mississippi River near LeClaire, Iowa, Saturday, Jan. 13, 2018. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune/TNS)

Readers Write: Health of the bald eagle population, e-cigarette dangers, medical marijuana, mining permit process, sexual misconduct

Eagles are healthy, even thriving.
Letters
January 26, 2018
Illustration by Alex Nabaum for the Star Tribune

Readers Write: Health care policy, racism in places like Edina, federalism vs. limited government

Find your savings in single-payer.
Letters
January 26, 2018
Marla Butler of Plymouth sorted books at Books for Africa in St. Paul. ] CARLOS GONZALEZ ï cgonzalez@startribune.com - December 14, 2017, St. Pau

Readers Write: The Star Tribune's new 'Inspired' section, Larry Nassar sentencing, University of Minnesota spending priorities, gender bias

Great addition to the newspaper. Even better would be …
Letters
January 25, 2018
Students Brooklyn Boyce, left, and Katlyn Gamble cry as they hold hands with other Marshall County High School classmates during a prayer vigil for th

Readers Write: School shootings, immigration, sexual conduct, Minnesota's image

Good to see we're on point.
Letters
January 24, 2018
Annie Young has served on the Park Board since 1989. Sheís been plagued by health problems but has remained undaunted.

Readers Write: Remembering former Park Board Member Annie Young, the St. Paul schools' snow fiasco, campaign finance, school shooting

For Young, the parks were her labor of love.
Letters
January 23, 2018
Vikings fan Molly Kreyer, of Prior Lake, walked through a crowd of hostile Eagle fans before kickoff of the NFC Championship game at Lincoln Financial

Readers Write: Behavior of Philadelphia Eagles fans, refocusing priorities from sports to public needs, examples of community during a snowstorm, Women's March, government shutdown and reopening

Disgusting behavior — but don't do the same.
Letters
January 22, 2018
A Vikings fan in the fourth quarter. Philadelphia beat Minnesota 38-7. ] CARLOS GONZALEZ ï cgonzalez@startribune.com - Philadelphia, PA - Lincoln

Readers Write: Minnesota Vikings, government shutdown, fundraising and party chief compensation, polling methods, learning from Trump's vulgarity

Thanks/no thanks for that great season/crushing conclusion.
Letters
January 19, 2018
The new Football Indoor Practice Facility. ] AARON LAVINSKY ï aaron.lavinsky@startribune.com Exterior photos of the University of Minnesota's new

Readers Write: University of Minnesota's athletes village, immigration, parking, prosecution

Athletes Village: Welcome, elites.
Letters
January 19, 2018
Corn awaits to be harvested at the Dan Erickson farm, in Alden Minnesota farm on 9/18/13. As autumn officially rolls in, we look at the outlook for ha

Readers Write: Farming, mining, Super Bowl preparations, body-image messaging

Fears vs. sensible adaptation.
Letters
January 19, 2018
President Donald Trump waves as he boards Marine One as he leaves Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., Friday, Jan. 12, 2018

Readers Write: Star Tribune Minnesota Poll on Trump's performance, reflectionson Walter Mondale and Hubert Humphrey

Our priorities are showing.
Letters
January 18, 2018
FILE - In this Dec. 20, 2017, file photo, House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., back left center, and other lawmakers react as President Donald Trump speak

Readers Write: Star Tribune Minnesota Poll, Super Bowl preparations, immigration debate

Judging poll questions and responses.
Letters
January 17, 2018
The American Birkebeiner International Bridge crossed over the Nicollet Mall on 9th Street Monday January 15, 2018 in Minneapolis MN. ] JERRY HOLT &#x

Readers Write: Super Bowl preparations, retailers who provide parking, immigration, dieting, messages in the comic strips

Inconveniently, daily life goes on.
Letters
January 17, 2018
10/24/2017

Readers Write: Dieting, end-of-life care, smoking policies at U.S. Bank Stadium, immigration and Trump

You must fight fat, for your health.
Letters
January 15, 2018
Vikings surprised Millie Wall by sending her some tickets to her first playoff game for her 100th birthday, Tuesday, January 9, 2018 in St. Anthony, M

Readers Write: Minnesota Vikings, earmarks, nuclear energy, well testing, smoking on Nicollet Mall, '40 books we should all read'

Now that was an experience.
Letters
January 12, 2018
A possibly lost manuscript in Syriac was digitized before the library that housed it was burned. Fr. Columba Stewart sat in front of the digital image

Readers Write: Monk's preservation of ancient documents, 'Blame it on '68,' a walk in Karl-Anthony Towns' shoes

Minnesota monk's work is vital.
Letters
January 12, 2018
iStockphoto.com Entrance to the campus of the University of Minnesota

Readers Write: Sexual assault and harassment, affordable housing, the farm bill, pro sports, boys' volleyball prospects

The University of Minnesota adjudication process is worthy.
Letters
January 12, 2018
President Donald Trump speaks during a prison reform roundtable in the Roosevelt Room of the Washington, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Ka

Readers Write: Trump and immigration, health care policy, the political process

The past can be illuminating.
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