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September 2, 2015
David Hughes of Polymet walked through the site where the Polymet open pit mine will likely be on Wednesday, September 7, 2011, in Hoyt Lakes, Minn. (

Readers Write (Sept. 3): PolyMet mine, oil trains vs. pipelines, airport noise, police and the use of force, taxes and spending, border walls as a priority

On water issues, consensus is elusive; we need to decide how to decide.
Letters
September 1, 2015
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Readers Write (Sept. 2): Clergy sex abuse payouts, taxes and spending, airport noise, border walls, police and the use of force

What payouts in sex-abuse cases can and can't do.
Letters
August 31, 2015
Black Lives Matter Minnesota vows to disrupt the State Fair's first Saturday by assembling at Hamline Park and marching to the Minnesota State Fairgro

Readers Write (Sept. 1): Civil disobedience, taxes and intelligent citizenship, Minneapolis deterioration

Disruption is needed, because power concedes nothing without a struggle.
Letters
August 30, 2015
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Readers Write (Aug. 31): Public scoldings, school supplies, GMOs, televised public comments, sexual consent, climate change, writing quirks, Bob Dylan murals

Before you speak, stop to think about whether you really know it all.
Letters
August 28, 2015
Ancient architecture in Palmyra, Syria, March 22, 2014. Militants from the Islamic State set off explosions around the Temple of Baalshamin, one of th

Readers Write (Aug. 29): Destruction of antiquities, gun violence, Black Lives Matter, ACT scores, stadium accident, Trump and Sanders

ISIL's actions at Palmyra show why we must study history.
Letters
August 28, 2015
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Readers Write: (Aug. 30): Airport traffic, University of Minnesota, distracted driving, end-of-life planning, corporate finances

"Fair skies" are needed, in the future, and in the here and now.
Letters
August 27, 2015
A monarch butterfly was brightly illuminated by the sun as it clung to a plant at Sunfish Lake Park in the City of Ramsey.

Readers Write (Aug. 28): Pollinator habitat, Minnesota Sex Offender Program, race and hiring, Black Lives Matter protest

Minnesotans of all stripes have banded together for this rescue effort.
Letters
August 26, 2015
This restored blue archway sign at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds dates from the 1930s and stands in the West End Market, where Heritage Square once

Readers Write (Aug. 27): State Fair, prescription painkillers, GMOs, Waukesha and water, school supplies, TV shootings

Here are the top 10 signs that you're a Minnesota State Fair fanatic.
Letters
August 25, 2015
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Readers Write (Aug. 26): Suicide, addiction, redevelopment, thwarted attack in France

Whose feelings should come first when a suffering patient wishes to die?
Letters
August 24, 2015
From the left, British businessman Chris Norman, Anthony Sadler, a senior at Sacramento University in California, French President Francois Hollande,

Readers Write (Aug. 25): Thwarted attack, road construction, Black Lives Matter, mining, candidates' qualifications, art institute, graduate work

We can be proud these guys are Americans.
Letters
August 21, 2015
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Readers Write (Aug. 24): Road construction, protests and demonstrations, climate change, tribal schools

Does MnDOT care about drivers?
Letters
August 21, 2015
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Readers Write (Aug. 22): University of Minnesota, Jimmy Carter vs. Donald Trump, Iran nuclear deal, Planned Parenthood

In defense of using search firms to find candidates for the U.
Letters
August 21, 2015
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Readers Write: (Aug. 23): Abortion, governors' records, athletics and gender, UCare, wildlife management

Future generations may indeed form an opinion on our practices, but …
Letters
August 20, 2015
Norwood Teague, the new University of Minnesota director of athletics, was all smiles during his first day in his new role at Bierman Athletic Complex

Readers Write (Aug. 21): University of Minnesota fiscal priorities, Minneapolis police sex sting operations, property taxes, Minnesota authors, plastic bags, airport terminal

Look at how the U is spending our money.
Letters
August 19, 2015
Protesters walked along Washington Avenue during a Black Lives Matter rally on April 29, 2015, in Minneapolis.

Readers Write (Aug. 20): Race relations, immigration, property taxes, airport terminal

In the discussion of Black Lives Matter, it's racism vs. reversism.
Letters
August 18, 2015
In this Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014 photo, the headquarters of Ucare is pictured in Minneapolis.

Readers Write (Aug. 19): UCare, immigration, castigating Walter Palmer, payday loans, property taxes and north Minneapolis

Perhaps someone saves money with loss of UCare contract, but others suffer as a result.
Letters
August 17, 2015
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Readers Write (Aug. 18): Treatment of women, treatment of Israel, gas prices, soccer stadium, Donald Trump

Continuing treatment of women is enough to make you think that nothing has been learned.
Letters
August 16, 2015
Police walk in the street during demonstrations in Ferguson, Mo., Aug. 11, 2015. Protests continued in Ferguson Tuesday night, two nights after bursts

Readers Write (Aug. 17): Police work, Donald Trump, Lake Mille Lacs

An idea for making sure that police officers are ready for the stresses of their job.
Letters
August 14, 2015
FILE -- The characters Big Bird, Mr. Snuffleupagus and Baby Snuffleupagus with Annette Calud during the filming of an episode of PBS's "Sesame Street"

Readers Write (Aug. 15): "Sesame Street" on HBO, Minneapolis street markings, Iran nuclear deal and Israel, papal visit, fishing in Minnesota

"Sesame Street on HBO": This is surely a symbol for our times.
Letters
August 14, 2015
BRIAN PETERSON • brianp@startribune.com Brainerd Lakes Area - 7/6/2006 Excessive weed clearing can also be easily spotted from the air, like th

Readers Write (Aug. 16): Minnesota's lakes, Planned Parenthood, payday lending

Preserving lakes: Both public and personal commitments are needed.
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