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February 23, 2018
The Minneapolis City skyline including City Hall seen from the back of the U.S. District Court. ] GLEN STUBBE ï glen.stubbe@startribune.com Monda

Readers Write: Minneapolis 'resilience,' the potential return of Tim Pawlenty, Minnesota tax policy, the women's movement

Where's the significance?
Letters
February 23, 2018
USA player Gigi Marvin celebrates after defeating Canada in the gold-medal game at Gangneung Hockey Centre on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018, in Pyeongchang,

Readers Write: Women in the Olympics, guns and public safety, older workers, clearing the sidewalks

Minnesota laws have bolstered the success of our state's women.
Letters
February 22, 2018
State Auditor Rebecca Otto, Rep. Paul Thissen (Minneapolis), and U.S. Rep. Tim Walz (Mankato) ] GLEN STUBBE • glen.stubbe@startribune.com Frida

Readers Write: Guns and public safety, elder abuse, Winter Olympics

Walz shift is better late than never.
Letters
February 22, 2018
Thousands of NRA members snap photos as Executive Director of the NRA Wayne LaPierre, right, and Executive Director of the NRA Institute for Legislati

Readers Write: Florida school shooting

In defense of the NRA.
Letters
February 20, 2018
Demonstrators participate in a "lie-in" during a protest in favor of gun control reform in front of the White House, Monday, Feb. 19, 2018, in Washing

Readers Write: Florida school shooting, Russian meddling

Responding is not all or nothing.
Letters
February 19, 2018
Students and activists protest against gun violence outside of the White House just days after 17 people were killed in a shooting at a south Florida

Readers Write: Florida school shooting, Minnesota tax policy

This issue changes how I vote.
Letters
February 19, 2018
FILE - In this Dec. 8, 2017, file photo, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty speaks after a Chamber of Commerce breakfast in St. Louis Park, Minn. Pawl

Readers Write: Tim Pawlenty's governor-again potential, developments regarding Garrison Keillor allegations, toll roads, dogs everywhere

No, we had enough the first time.
Letters
February 16, 2018

Readers Write: Duluth schools' decision on 'To Kill a Mockingbird' and 'Huck Finn,' continued responses to the Florida school shooting

Where Duluth has gone wrong.
Letters
February 16, 2018
iStockphoto.com Deer and Hunter in the Woods

Readers Write: Florida school shooting

Have hunters had enough?
Letters
February 15, 2018
The flag above the White House is lowered to half-staff for the shooting victims of a mass shooting in a South Florida High School, Thursday, Feb. 15,

Readers Write: Florida school shooting

What to do when "nothing" won't do.
Letters
February 14, 2018
Students are released from a lockdown following a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018. (Jo

Readers Write: School shooting in Florida, HMOs, political leadership, the market economy on parking and pot, Shaun White at the Winter Olympics, Minnesota as Northwest, priorities

And which way the legislation?
Letters
February 13, 2018
iStockphoto.com High schoolers playing football, with spectators watching.

Readers Write: Contact sports and CTE, Jessie Diggins in the Winter Olympics, Trump and federal spending, early childhood education, the nation's gun laws, Morningside, the 'Northwest'

Tackle football safe? Really?
Letters
February 13, 2018
North hats available at Askov Finlayson. Photo provided by Askov Finlayson

Readers Write: 'Bold North,' marijuana dealers' deaths, Uptown development, rail safety, U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan, Trump's military parade, 'Violet Days' cartoon

'Midwest'? 'North'? Remembering when we were the 'Northwest.'
Letters
February 11, 2018
The scene on Feb. 4, 2018 after an Amtrack train crashed into a CSX frieght train in Cayce, S.C. The engineer and conductor were killed. (Tim Dominick

Readers Write: Train safety, health care middlemen, Minnesota wolves and walleye, Duluth books

Keep the focus on passenger rail safety.
Letters
February 10, 2018
Levi LaValle leapt a snowmobile over Nicollet Mall for the Polaris UpsideDown stunt Saturday. ] ANTHONY SOUFFLE ï anthony.souffle@startribune.com

Readers Write: Maintaining Minnesota's 'Big Mo,' the Tet Offensive

An unwinnable arms race.
Letters
February 9, 2018
Saint Paul Public Schools Superintendent Joe Gothard answered questions from the media about the potential teacher strike. With him were Jackie Turner

Readers Write: St. Paul teachers strike, Gen. John Kelly and Rob Porter, marijuana gummies, development in Uptown, the stolen stadium seat

Please school leaders, lead.
Letters
February 8, 2018
These eight containers holding many thousands of edible THC gummies were seized by law enforcement officers in Lakeville and have a street value of $4

Readers Write: Marijuana gummies, Trump's military parade, 'Fifty Shades of Grey,' Peppermint Patty

Scapegoating seized THC edibles.
Letters
February 7, 2018
U.S troops march down the Champs Elysees avenue, with the Arc de Triomphe in background, during the Bastille Day parade in Paris, Friday, July 14, 201

Readers Write: Trump's military parade, precinct caucuses, Super Bowl and Eagles fans, "Peanuts" and science projects, kudos to the newspaper

Marching for 'Dear Leader'
Letters
February 6, 2018
FILE - In this Jan. 30, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump gestures as delivers his first State of the Union address in the House chamber of the

Readers Write: Applauding Trump's speech, Super Bowl and tourism, the 'redneck' to the rescue, former U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann

The freedom to clap or not to clap.
Letters
February 5, 2018
Kevin Boyle from Philadelphia, Pa. attends his second Super Bowl with his dad and brother on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2018 at US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, M

Readers Write: Super Bowl in Minnesota, Tuesday's precinct caucuses, the GOP's FBI memo

OK, pat yourselves on the back.
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