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September 25, 2015
Readers Write (Sept. 27): Recycling revenue, law enforcement priorities, pheasant restoration, Bernie Sanders, Minnesota Vikings
As to falling recycling revenue, it might help if Minneapolis and St. Paul were to merge their efforts.
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September 25, 2015
Readers Write (Sept. 28): Children and ATVs, No Labels, Volkswagen, a future Muslim president, Donald Trump
Young children and ATVs don't mix.
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September 25, 2015
Readers Write (Sept. 26): Applause during congressional addresses, U.S. Rep. John Boehner, household incomes, abortion after 20 weeks, health care costs, lakes and the like
When someone speaks before Congress, please, hold the applause.
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September 24, 2015
Readers Write (Sept. 25): Pope Francis, Lake Calhoun, refugee crisis, sex education, accountability, Minneapolis police chief
The pope has spoken. Now it's up to us.
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September 23, 2015
Readers Write (Sept. 24): Lake Calhoun, migrant crisis, corporate responsibility, economy vs. environment
How to move on from the Lake Calhoun controversy.
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September 22, 2015
Readers Write (Sept. 23): Ben Carson, Ahmed Mohamed, abortion, Scott Walker, downtown Minneapolis gridlock, Black Lives Matter and St. Paul elections, Vikings mascot Ragnar
The wheel of cynicism turns: Trump, Carson and Nixon.
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September 21, 2015
Readers Write (Sept. 22): Islam and the U.S., Singapore as a public-safety model, Planned Parenthood funding, Gophers football
Bias against Muslims is real, but that kid's clock really did look like a bomb.
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September 20, 2015
Readers Write (Sept. 21): College in the schools, Planned Parenthood, Bernie Sanders, Minneapolis public safety, guns
A fine editorial about earning college credit in high school. But about that evidence …
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September 18, 2015
Readers Write (Sept. 20): Jesse Ventura, technology and domestic abuse, drivers' behavior, downtown shootings, black-household income
If former governor is getting back in politics, he needs my information.
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September 18, 2015
Readers Write (Sept. 19): Presidential debate — vaccinations, women's issues, what was ignored; school bus driver pay, Columbia Heights student walkout, Minnesota National Guard
Vaccination discussion during presidential debate was terrible.
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September 17, 2015
Readers Write (Sept. 18): Republican debate, income and opportunity, managed care
Whom to keep, whom to toss from the race after the recent Republican debate.
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September 16, 2015
Readers Write (Sept. 17): Hydration, the migrant crisis, labor, New Brighton neighbor shooting
IV fluid cure for a hangover? It's likely just another craze.
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September 15, 2015
Readers Write (Sept. 16): Blood-donor rules, chronic drunken driver, presidential race, refugees and immigration, beliefs in context, the future of football
Sure wish I were allowed to be a blood donor.
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September 14, 2015
Readers Write (Sept. 15): Minneapolis redevelopment, Greenwood murder-suicide, St. Paul crisis residence program, remembering 9/11, using resources wisely
Revision to Nye's Polonaise redevelopment plan is one small step for the community, and yet …
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September 11, 2015
Readers Write (Sept. 13): Lake Minnetonka litter, aquatic invaders, cops and force, 'bogus' research, individualism
The truth about what one finds in Cruiser's Cove — and why.
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September 11, 2015
Readers Write (Sept. 14): Food shelves, class warfare and the American dream, monarch butterflies, Iron Range Resources & Rehabilitation Board, Trump on women
Donate to food shelves, but do so practically.
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September 11, 2015
Readers Write (Sept. 12): School books controversy, literacy, UCare, veterans health care, presidential qualities
Bravo to those who spoke up about books not "thoroughly reviewed."
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September 10, 2015
Readers Write (Sept. 11): Building entrances and accessibility, law and conscience, Syrians seeking refuge, Catholic Church
Why have building entrances become less than "grand"? Accessibility for all.
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September 9, 2015
Readers Write (Sept. 10): Betsy-Tacy books, law and conscience, race relations, Syrian refugees, guns, youth sports sponsors
Maud Hart Lovelace represents Minnesota with distinction on magazine's list.
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September 8, 2015
Readers Write (Sept. 9): Infrastructure and the future, Kim Davis, Walter Palmer, health insurance, race relations
Invest in infrastructure with plans for what's ahead.
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