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July 1, 2019
Both opponents and supporters of Line 3 lined up before the doors opened to the Senate Building last fall, where the Public Utilities Commission was t

Readers Write: Line 3 replacement, mining, redistricting, student loans

Line 3 is not a participation trophy
Letters
June 28, 2019
FILE - This June 29, 2018 photo shows tanks at the Enbridge Energy terminal in Superior, Wis. Enbridge Energy is delaying the startup of its planned L

Readers Write: Line 3 oil pipeline, Democratic debates, PolyMet mine

Stop delaying Line 3.
Letters
June 28, 2019
Water samples from Flint and Detroit, at Virginia Tech’s environmental engineering department in Blacksburg, Va., Jan. 29, 2016. Many of the Vi

Readers Write: PolyMet mine, coverage of U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, natural law, markets and inflation

A growing scandal of insufficient attention.
Letters
June 28, 2019
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) speaks to reporters following the Democratic presidential debate in Miami on Thursday night, June 27, 2019. Harris impre

Readers Write: Kamala Harris, Supreme Court gerrymandering decision

Hold your horses on Kamala.
Letters
June 27, 2019
City Council Member Kassim Busuri, left, was sworn in by City Clerk Shari Moore at St. Paul City Hall, Wednesday, February 6, 2019 in St. Paul, MN. Bu

Readers Write: Religion in the public square, Pledge of Allegiance

Religious beliefs belong in the public square.
Letters
June 27, 2019
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) speaks at an event marking the one year anniversary of the Supreme Court upholding the Trump administration's travel ban on

Readers Write: Ilhan Omar, immigration raids, council member's anti-gay comments

Omar is nothing but a lightning rod.
Letters
June 25, 2019
Protesters hold an inflatable doll in the likeness of President Donald Trump outside of the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children, Su

Readers Write: Detention centers, aid in dying, opioid crisis, name changes, Iran, the declining presence of pianos in homes

We know we're hurting children.
Letters
June 24, 2019
Demonstrators protest plans to house migrant children at Fort Sill, in Lawton, Okla., June 22, 2019. Protesters called the plan for the site, home to

Readers Write: Immigrant children in detention, pollinator-friendly parks, Trump's Iran reversal

We treat animals better than this.
Letters
June 21, 2019
Columnist and author George F. Will sits at the counter of the Nicollet Mall (Minneapolis) Barnes & Noble bookstore having hot tea, trying to regain h

Readers Write: George F. Will excerpt and review, birds and light rail

Well, that spoke for itself.
Letters
June 21, 2019
John Palmer holds a hat modeled after President Donald Trump's signature merchandise in St. Cloud, Minn., on May 16, 2019. As more Somali refugees arr

Readers Write: Somali refugees, 2020 race, pediatric gender clinics

Backlash isn't the whole story.
Letters
June 21, 2019
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., speaks during a forum on Friday, June 21, 2019, in Miami. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Reader's Write: Amy Klobuchar, Trump's fake military heroism, white terrorism

Don't follow Trump's lead, Amy.
Letters
June 20, 2019
FILE- In this May 17, 2018, file photo, new graduates line up before the start of the Bergen Community College commencement at MetLife Stadium in East

Readers Write: A different way to pay for college, reparations, measles

Think beyond tuition hikes.
Letters
June 19, 2019
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 5, 2019. Pelosi on June 19 ruled out censuring P

Readers Write: Impeachment, naming U of M wrestlers, State Fair food

Pelosi, do what you swore to do.
Letters
June 18, 2019
FILE -- Medications line the shelves at Wyckoff's Corner Pharmacy in New York, Jan. 19, 2016. As the 2020 presidential election heats up, politicians

Readers Write: Drug prices, ex-felons, college tuition, Kellyanne Conway

Insulin prices foreshadow prices for all medicine.
Letters
June 17, 2019
Gov. Tim Walz conducts a ceremonial signing of the racial covenants bill passed by the Legislature that will allow individual homeowners to register t

Readers Write: Racial covenants bill, City Hall security, PolyMet mining

Denouncing property deeds does nothing.
Letters
June 16, 2019
FILE In this file photo taken on Monday, July 16, 2018, U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands at the beg

Readers Write: Fighting 'whataboutism,' election meddling, a survey of Earth

Ask, and then ask again.
Letters
June 15, 2019
JIM GEHRZ ¥ jgehrz@startribune.com Minneapolis, MN/January 23, 2007/2:00PM As part of the new Gopher stadium package, lawmakers have mandated tha

Readers Write: Tenant screening, renaming U of M buildings, 2020 census workaround

'Renters first' means housing last
Letters
June 14, 2019
The Minneapolis City Hall/Hennepin County Courthouse clock.

Readers Write: Talks separated by race, Catholic Church sex abuse, Social Security

No ideology justifies segregation.
Letters
June 13, 2019
In this Tuesday, May 28, 2019, file photo, a container is filled with plastic waste from Australia, in Port Klang, Malaysia. Malaysia says it will sen

Readers Write: Single-use plastics, sustainable farming, traffic enforcement

Plastic shouldn't be the default.
Letters
June 13, 2019
A U.S. Flag rests against the Memorial Wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington at daybreak on Memorial Day Monday, May 27, 2019. (AP Photo

Readers Write: Rep. Ilhan Omar, Vietnam War, education

Mourning a thoughtful debater.
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