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September 29, 2015
Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump during a news conference to discuss his tax plan proposals at Trump Tower in New York, Sept. 28, 2015. Tr

Readers Write (Sept. 30): Taxes, place names, abortion, the labor force, homelessness

Presidential candidates' proposed tax cuts are only half a plan.
Letters
September 28, 2015
The mudslide along the West River Parkway. ] (KYNDELL HARKNESS/STAR TRIBUNE) kyndell.harkness@startribune.com in Minneapolis Min. Friday, June 27, 201

Readers Write (Sept. 29): West River Parkway delay, Yusuf Dayur, health insurance premiums, lake names, homelessness, the Outdoors Weekend section

Parkway delay is another sign of mismanagement by the Minneapolis Park Board.
Letters
September 25, 2015
Jerrell Stewart (left) and Martin Kellers (right) work the sort line at Dem-Con recycling facility in Shakopee. ] Global economic trends are putting a

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.
Letters
September 25, 2015
Youthful ATV riders waited for instructions from DNR safety instructors. ] JIM GEHRZ ï jgehrz@startribune.com / Farmington, MN 6/28, 2014 / 9:00

Readers Write (Sept. 28): Children and ATVs, No Labels, Volkswagen, a future Muslim president, Donald Trump

Young children and ATVs don't mix.
Letters
September 25, 2015
Pope Francis is applauded during an address to a joint meeting of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Sept. 24, 2015. The pontiffís high-profi

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.
Letters
September 24, 2015
His Holiness Pope Francis addresses a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015. (Olivier Doulier

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.
Letters
September 23, 2015
MUST CREDIT: Astronaut Kjell Lindgren/NASA Astronaut Kjell Lindgren shared an epic photo of Minneapolis that was captured from the International Space

Readers Write (Sept. 24): Lake Calhoun, migrant crisis, corporate responsibility, economy vs. environment

How to move on from the Lake Calhoun controversy.
Letters
September 22, 2015
Republican presidential candidate Richard Nixon smiles during a news conference, 1968. (AP Photo) ORG XMIT: APHS108575

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.
Letters
September 21, 2015
Irving MacArthur High School student Ahmed Mohamed, 14, poses for a photo at his home in Irving, Texas on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015. Mohamed was arreste

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.
Letters
September 20, 2015
Rob Heller/Bradenton Herald/TNS

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 …
Letters
September 18, 2015
Several high-powered media attorneys have joined the defamation case involving former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura.

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.
Letters
September 18, 2015
FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015 file photo, a pediatrician holds a dose of the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine at his practice in Northridg

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.
Letters
September 17, 2015
Republican presidential candidates, from left, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, retired neurosurg

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.
Letters
September 16, 2015
Paramedic Brett Willis waited outside the Hydrate MN van, which was parked outside Lord Fletcherís on a recent Saturday afternoon. ] JIM GEHRZ &#

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.
Letters
September 15, 2015
Margaret Scott/NewsArt

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.
Letters
September 14, 2015
ESG Architects 112-116 Hennepin view of Nyes' new rendering. ORG XMIT: MIN1509111813380169

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 …
Letters
September 11, 2015
Photo provided by Martin R. Wellens

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.
Letters
September 11, 2015
Laura Hafffield is the coordinator and, executive assistant to the vice chancellor for student life at the University of Minnesota Duluth talked about

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.
Letters
September 11, 2015
One of the controversial titles published by Reading Horizons.

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."
Letters
September 10, 2015
Minneapolis, Mn. Thursday 12/ 30/2004 Richard Sennott/ Star Tribune 75th anniversary of the American Swedish Institue. The American Swedish Institute

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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