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Letters
January 7, 2020
In this Nov. 14, 2019 photo, Jon Combes holds his bottle of buprenorphine, a medicine that prevents withdrawal sickness in people trying to stop using

Readers Write: Addiction treatment, tensions with Iran, causes of death

Our addiction treatment model is not working.
Letters
January 3, 2020
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Readers Write: Capitalism, climate change action, the justice system, Minneapolis drive-throughs, school choice, primaries

I'm a fan of capitalism, but don't think the chase of profits alone has brought us better lives.
Letters
January 3, 2020
] CARLOS GONZALEZ • cgonzalez@startribune.com – Edina, MN – October 30, 2019, Randy Furst will be writing a first person about hi

Readers Write: Heart surgery, pharmacy benefit managers, disabilities and Medicaid, Minnesota population growth, impeachment

Psychological effects? Now I know.
Letters
January 2, 2020
Pro-Iranian militiamen and their supporters set a fire during a sit-in in front of the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. U.S. tr

Readers Write: Iraq embassy siege, climate change action, gun control, addiction treatment

Time to re-evaluate our Middle East strategy.
Letters
January 1, 2020
Erik Wiltscheck has been homeless and living in a motel in Brooklyn Center since he was evicted last week from a "sober home" in Minneapolis. Wiltsche

Readers Write: Addiction treatment, sports coverage, transit safety, editorial cartoons

Yes, sober homes for addiction treatment are risky, but they are likely here to stay.
Letters
December 31, 2019
Horses pulling a snowplow in Minneapolis in an undated photo.

Readers Write: Letters from winters past

A collection of letters to the editor from the previous century — and before.
Letters
December 30, 2019

Readers Write: Editorial cartoons, St. Paul's snow clearance, Minnesota Vikings' tossed game and fire donations

Made some mad, made one cry.
Letters
December 27, 2019
A Christmas tree sits on a dock in the snow at White Bear Lake in Minnesota on Monday, Nov. 30, 2015. (Jeff Wheeler/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS)

Readers Write: Climate change, Second Amendment, Collin Peterson, Gophers sports

My grown-up Christmas list.
Letters
December 27, 2019
Evan Dahl, 5, of St. Paul, held a candle while sitting with his family as the congregation sang Night of Silence/ Silent Night during a Christmas Eve

Readers Write: Hopes for a better world, John Kass and 'the resistance, Hanukkah, 'Star Wars' lessons

We must come together for peace.
Letters
December 27, 2019
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., holds the gavel as House members vote on article II of impeachment against President Donald Trump, Wednesday, De

Readers Write: Impeachment, dogs that poop and pee where owners shouldn't let them be

'Sturm und Drang' applies.
Letters
December 27, 2019
Continuous line drawing of tree on white background. Vector illustration

Readers Write: Capitalism, gun laws, editorial cartoons, Drake Hotel fire, Metro Transit, Collin Peterson, plastic bags

Our "luck" is running out.
Letters
December 27, 2019
Briella Jones 5, who lived in the Francis Drake Hotel apartments with her family, holds donated Christmas presents on Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2019, in Min

Readers Write: Homelessness and the Drake fire, political integrity, forestry in Minnesota, the border wall

Will this be the tipping point?
Letters
December 27, 2019
FILE - City of St. Paul plow trucks make their way down Western Avenue in January 2018. ORG XMIT: MIN1801221649481748

Readers Write: St. Paul snow removal, Sports 'Decade in Review,' terrorism, capitalism, Nora McInerny

What about local government aid?
Letters
December 20, 2019
A proposed market site in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood where the city wants to build the mall is now a large parking lot behind some thriving busi

Readers Write: Development in Cedar-Riverside, impeachment and removal, world leaders

Get Cedar-Riverside's input before building a mall there.
Letters
December 20, 2019
Eddie Ryshavy contributed a number of Star Tribune Opinion essays and letters to the editor over the years. He died Dec. 4 from complications of pancr

Readers Write: Civil dialogue, the '1619 Project' and Katherine Kersten, life expectancy in the U.S.

The example of my grandpa, Eddie Ryshavy.
Letters
December 20, 2019
Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz testifies at a Senate committee on FISA investigation hearing, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019, on C

Readers Write: Report on the FBI, the federal spending bill, gun legislation, homelessness

Leave impeachment be for a second, and consider the FBI's misdeeds.
Letters
December 19, 2019
A person, left, stands at the base of the Washington Monument, left, as the U.S. Capitol building gives backdrops to U.S. flags before sunrise on Capi

Readers Write: Impeachment of President Trump, wintertime

Beware of Trump's habit of lies.
Letters
December 18, 2019
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) leaves a news conference at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019. Backing impeachment of

Readers Write: Impeachment, climate-friendly farming, former President Barack Obama, the late John Borger

Consider the facts, senators.
Letters
December 17, 2019
People shout slogans during a march organized by the Fridays for Future international movement of school students outside of the COP25 climate talks c

Readers Write: Climate change action, University of Minnesota salaries, school districts, Minneapolis City Council

While the world stalls on addressing climate, the U.S. can act.
Letters
December 16, 2019
The International Institute of Minnesota, a refugee resettlement agency in St. Paul, is celebrating its centennial this week. On Tuesday, 126 new immi

Readers Write: Refugee resettlement in Minnesota, impeachment, Minneapolis City Council

Minnesota still welcomes the stranger, even if Trump does not.

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