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November 12, 2019
Andre Springer with son Michael,3, held up their sign for Trump. President Trump claimed a record crowd for Target Center.] President Donald Trump add

Readers Write: Urban-rural divide in Minnesota, light-rail crime, Trump's lies, awareness months

Minnesotans are better than this reductive urban-rural divide.
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November 11, 2019
Commuters board a light rail train in downtown Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019, in Minneapolis, MN.] DAVID JOLES • david.joles@startribune.com A recent

Readers Write: Tales from the light rail, Veterans Day, limits of government, the opera

The real issue on light rail is crime, not homelessness.
Letters
November 8, 2019
January 11, 1987 David Noble, in the study of his home in St. Paul discussed his historical work. December 26, 1986 Bruce Bisping, Minneapolis Star Tr

Readers Write: Bonnie Blodgett's essay on David W. Noble, taxing wealth, border wall vulnerability, Trump and Twitter

Definitely warranted that essay.
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November 8, 2019
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) campaigns in Ames, Iowa on Oct. 21, 2019. A ‘Medicare for all’ proposal would push the boundaries of tax

Readers Write: Warren's Medicare for All plan, hope for the future, light-rail safety, art at Plymouth Congregational Church

The real health care fantasy is thinking anything but radical change will truly work for patients.
Letters
November 8, 2019
A man was shot and killed as he rushed to protect his 17-year-old niece who was being sexually assaulted in the bedroom of their home in the Burnside

Readers Write: Police officers, opioid crisis, Mexico's drug cartels, birds and the U.S. Bank Stadium

I was a cop. I tell people not to be.
Letters
November 7, 2019
Banner headlines of Britain's daily newspapers Oct. 23, 1962 announcing President Kennedy's blockade of Cuba. This historic event was known as the Cub

Readers Write: The Cuban missile crisis, local elections, Water Gremlin, marijuana, genetic privacy, Plymouth Congregational Church tapestry

We almost ended all war — and ourselves in the process.
Letters
November 6, 2019
Bullet-riddled vehicles that members of LeBaron family were traveling in sit parked on a dirt road near Bavispe, at the Sonora-Chihuahua border, Mexic

Readers Write: Violence in Mexico, Department of Human Services dysfunction, food stamps, local elections, NCAA

The U.S. fuels violence in Mexico as we condemn it.
Letters
November 6, 2019
Top view of a case of cabernet sauvignon wine bottles. Wooden box with collection of six wine bottle

Readers Write: Trump tariffs, impeachment, Edina city leadership, climate change, O'Gara's closing, winter

My business can't hide the tariffs from you.
Letters
November 4, 2019
A voter drops a ballot into a ballot drop box Monday, Nov. 4, 2019, in Seattle. Voters in Washington state have a crowded ballot to fill out for this

Readers Write: Republican primary, Medicare for All, Ukraine whistleblower, revenge porn, Trump's residency, environment

Voters who don't want to vote for Trump in the Republican primary don't have to.
Letters
November 1, 2019
Readers Write: The voice of the people in Minneapolis, prescription drug prices, team-building in the workplace

Readers Write: The voice of the people in Minneapolis, prescription drug prices, team-building in the workplace

Who's earned a hearing, really?
Letters
November 1, 2019
Vice President Mike Pence, a vehement critic of China who this week excoriated some U.S. companies for compromising their principles to do business th

Readers Write: Trump's impeachment, Minnesota Republican primary, water

Impeachment would not "overturn" the election. Nice try, Republicans.
Letters
November 1, 2019
Honey bees have been shown to be adversely affected by farmland chemicqls. Now research indicates the same chemicals might affect deer and possibly ph

Readers Write: Bees, women in politics, Boy Scouts, lead poisoning, Minneapolis transit, St. Paul City Council

Make Minnesota nice to bees.
Letters
October 31, 2019
Jamokia Curry worked at Water Gremlin for two years and left this August. His daughter Ja'Naea, pictured, has tested high for lead. They are photograp

Readers Write: Lead poisoning, Armenian Genocide recognition, payday lending and the Trump campaign, bag fees

Lead is a dangerous poison. Treat it that way.
Letters
October 30, 2019
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Readers Write: Tobacco use and health, Trump's reaction to Baghdadi's death, impeachment testimony

Smoking kills. That's what matters here.
Letters
October 29, 2019
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) holds a news conference regarding health care policy, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 13, 2017. On the same day that

Readers Write: Impacts of Medicare for All, health care funding, pregnancy discrimination

Embrace a single-payer system, but be honest about what will change.
Letters
October 28, 2019
President Donald Trump speaks during the announcement of a commando raid in Syria that led to the death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi i

Readers Write: Baghdadi's death, merits of Medicare for All, transportation, budget deficit

We helped create Baghdadi.
Letters
October 25, 2019
Joldy Wynen of Minneapolis, who rode her bike from Minneapolis, photographed her bike with the flag before the start of the Lights for Liberty vigil "

Readers Write: Renaming buildings, impeachment hearings, loss of faith in America

In a twist to renaming debates, this building's namesake is too virtuous.
Letters
October 25, 2019
Grunge high school report card from the 80's. Show wear and tear.

Readers Write: Minneapolis Public schools, education standards, felons and voting, Minnesota Poll on presidential race, St. Paul trash

Commentary writer's gripes seemed rather self-centered.
Letters
October 25, 2019
Wild Rice Monitor Katie Marsaa moved through a small bay filled with patches of wild rice in the estuary on Thursday afternoon. ALEX KORMANN •

Readers Write: PolyMet mine, downtown Minneapolis safety, parking rules, Trump's wall

PolyMet's tailings design is banned in Brazil, but fine for us?
Letters
October 24, 2019
Democratic presidential candidates' campaign signs at the Polk County Democrats' annual Steak Fry in Des Moines, Iowa, on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019. (H

Readers Write: 2020 candidate options, impeachment hearings, Hillary Clinton's e-mails, felon voting rights

Four years of Democratic rule is scary, too.
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