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April 3, 2018
After years of runaway success and lax regulation, Facebook discovered this week that the world may have changed its mind about the social network - a

Readers Write: The culture and open discussion, a lack of Good Samaritans, Medical Assistance work monitoring, prescription drug prices, health care interactions

Why I don't 'like' Facebook.
Letters
April 2, 2018
The Minnesota State Capitol. ] GLEN STUBBE • glen.stubbe@startribune.com Tuesday, February 13, 2018 The 2018 legislative session will both shap

Readers Write: Medical Assistance work requirements, Minneapolis population density, Enbridge pipeline project, 'Isle of Dogs' and racial sensitivity, 'Roseanne' returns, guns and public safety

Legislation wrongly assumes laziness.
Letters
March 30, 2018
Beck performs at the Palace Theatre in St. Paul before a sold out audience on 8/17/17.] Richard Tsong-Taatarii ï richard.tsong-taatarii@startribu

Readers Write: Concert etiquette, Minneapolis fourplex proposal, agricultural drain tiling, drug-resistant tuberculosis

Contain your energy or not?
Letters
March 30, 2018
Pipeline opponents rallied on the steps of the State Capitol to oppose the proposed Enbridge Line 3 tar sands pipeline expansion. ] GLEN STUBBE ï

Readers Write: Enbridge Line 3 pipeline replacement, Minneapolis fourplex proposal

Oil pipeline replacement project is an issue that's coming to a head.
Letters
March 30, 2018
March 30, 1950 Census Taking Practice Run -- Census Enumerator Margaret Crahan, 3633 Third avenue S., at right, questions Mrs. Minnie Tinberg 3438 Nic

Readers Write (March 30): The census and citizenship, United Way funding, isolation of the disabled, Tony Cornish and gun policy, tariffs and hog farming, 'Isle of Dogs'

As a taxpayer, I want to know.
Letters
March 29, 2018
FILE - In this June 2, 2016, file photo, a woman holds hats to get them autographed by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a rally i

Readers Write: Making America 'great,' ranked-choice voting, representation and town halls, regional governance, Minneapolis development policies, newsgathering

What does it truly take for national greatness?
Letters
March 28, 2018
Vice President Mike Pence rallied Republicans in downtown Minneapolis Wednesday morning, selling the partyís tax cuts and talking up the state of

Readers Write: Vice President Mike Pence, Russia and the world, a tale of a Good Samaritan

That was a VP (very poor) commentary.
Letters
March 28, 2018
U.S. Rep. Erik Paulsen spoke at a celebration for the upcoming completion of Highway 610 in Maple Grove. ] GLEN STUBBE * gstubbe@startribune.com Thurs

Readers Write: Experiences with Paulsen's phone town halls, child-abuse incidence, St. Olaf and Ben Shapiro, Cambridge Analytica, Trump's firings, Minneapolis front-yard hockey rink

Rep. Erik Paulsen's telephone town halls are a cop-out.
Letters
March 26, 2018
Students holding signs protesting gun violence, including Chris Vazquez, 17, of Fridley, left, gathered Saturday at the State Capitol for a rally. ] A

Readers Write: The 'March for Our Lives' demonstration, drunken-driving legislation, 'year of women'

Our shame, their moment.
Letters
March 23, 2018
Readers Write: Race and school discipline, gun policy

Readers Write: Race and school discipline, gun policy

Confront uncomfortable truths.
Letters
March 23, 2018
In this photo made Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017, a driver stays in the passing lane as traffic accumulates behind along I-70 in Montgomery County, Mo. Many

Readers Write: 'Slowpoke' legislation, St. Paul drop-in center, Minneapolis development and policies

Bill is unneeded. But do keep right.
Letters
March 23, 2018
iStock A male driver is blowing into an ignition interlock system which checks his alcohol concentration before allowing the vehicle to be started. Ig

Readers Write: Drunken-driving legislation, John Bolton and war powers, Enbridge and landowners, Medicaid work requirements, St. Peter tornado anniversary

License revocation is futile.
Letters
March 22, 2018
Kenzie Swanson and Cam Williams on the trap range at the Minneapolis Gun Club Wednesday afternoon. ] JEFF WHEELER ï jeff.wheeler@startribune.com

Readers Write: The gun debate, charges in police shooting

Balance? Fine. But not like this.
Letters
March 21, 2018
Unshoveled sidewalks in front of the house Jerry Lee Curry rented on 17th Ave. S. in Minneapolis Wednesday evening. ] JEFF WHEELER ï jeff.wheeler

Readers Write: 'House of Horrors' case, race and school discipline, gun terminology, pipeline, Pipestone and diversity

Firings are in order at the Hennepin County level.
Letters
March 20, 2018
An employee holds an AR-15 style rifle inside Clark Brothers Gun Shop in Warrenton, Va.

Readers Write: Guns as a 'way of life,' school discipline and classroom management, wages and gender bias, more

A "way of life." But assault weapons?
Letters
March 19, 2018
Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures during a news conference after meeting with his staff at the campaign headquarters in Moscow, Russia, Sunday

Readers Write: Understanding Putin, party labels, wolves at Isle Royale, electronic devices and driving, the legal system, fourplex zoning, farming and mental health, Andrew McCabe's firing

It's as simple as these three letters.
Letters
March 16, 2018
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Readers Write: Electronic-device legislation, students and democracy, place-name changes

No new restraint on drivers is needed.
Letters
March 16, 2018
Augsburg Professor Mzenga Aggrey Wanyama embraces his family outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement's headquarters in Saint Paul after attend

Readers Write: Immigration enforcement, elder abuse, conservation policies, gender bias, violence and catharsis in the arts

Professor's case reveals immigration enforcement flaws.
Letters
March 16, 2018
A Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump campaign sign and a Democartic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton sign are posted on a road 10 da

Readers Write: Rules on election and advocacy, gun policy, President Trump's negotiation style

A little restraint is welcomed.
Letters
March 15, 2018
In this photo made Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017, a driver stays in the passing lane as traffic accumulates behind along I-70 in Montgomery County, Mo. Many

Readers Write: Left-lane 'slowpokes' legislation, gun legislation, bullying and school violence

There ought to be a law. But then, there is.
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