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Letters
December 22, 2016
House Speaker Kurt Daudt spared with Gov. Mark Dayton during a meeting they held to discuss the possibility of a special session on health care Friday

Readers Write (Dec. 22): Health insurance crisis, U football crisis, economic development

Just call a special session to address the state's health insurance crisis.
Letters
December 22, 2016
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Readers Write (Dec. 23): U football crisis, Compassionate Care Act, Trump's plan for Muslim registry

A way forward in U football crisis, based on the past?
Letters
December 20, 2016
Monument of Martin Luther in Wittenberg, Germany. It was the first public monument of the great reformer, designed 1821 by Johann Gottfried Schadow. M

Readers Write (Dec. 21): Martin Luther's legacy, race and policing, U football crisis

The full history of Martin Luther is acknowledged.
Letters
December 19, 2016
Photo by Joe Christensen, Star Tribune. The University of Minnesota players announced they are ending their boycott of football and plan to play in th

Readers Write (Dec. 20): U football crisis, stadium suites, the prison environment, regulations

Due process does not always rule the day.
Letters
December 16, 2016
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Readers Write (Dec. 18): The middle class, faith in science, men in the workforce, Salvation Army bell-ringing

But aside from all that, how are things going?
Letters
December 16, 2016
Illustration by Clay Rodery for the Star Tribune. For our SOLITARY series, entited Way Down In The Hole, published December 4, 2016

Readers Write (Dec. 19): Solitary confinement, fossils fuels and the Minneapolis City Council,

Letter writer who wondered why we should be concerned demonstrated a cruel and damaging attitude.
Letters
December 16, 2016
Wide receiver Drew Wolitarsky, center, flanked by quarterback Mitch Leidner, left, and tight end Duke Anyanwu, and with the rest of the team standing

Readers Write (Dec. 17): University of Minnesota athletics, Russia, Electoral College

Will this be the inflection point at the U?
Letters
December 15, 2016
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Readers Write (Dec. 16): The political divide, Gopher sanctions, Metropolitan Council, holiday liquor ads, ranked-choice voting

You call that conversation finding common ground?
Letters
December 14, 2016
This Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016 photo, released by the International Committee for the Red Cross, shows members of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent laying a

Readers Write (Dec. 15): Syria, political ambition, highway projects, U.S. education, psychiatric drugs

Please help alleviate the suffering in Syria.
Letters
December 13, 2016
In this Nov. 29, 2016 photo Malcolm "Mac" McDonald sits in his home in Austin, Minn. McDonald says that he wants a choice about how he dies. Diagnosed

Readers Write (Dec. 14): End-of-life decisions, the Trump transition, stadium suites, the elderly, winter weather, methane levels

There's support but misconceptions about aid-in-dying legislation.
Letters
December 12, 2016
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Readers Write (Dec. 13): President-elect Donald Trump, high-speed rail between metro area and Rochester, winter weather

I'm still a little disoriented …
Letters
December 9, 2016
The city council chamber features green-tinted windows. When the windows were clear, the council members appeared greenish on television, and now appe

Readers Write (Dec. 10): Minneapolis City Council and Wells Fargo, wedding-services lawsuit, health insurance, John Glenn, civil war paintings

To members of the Minneapolis City Council: Banking is not your business.
Letters
December 9, 2016
Illustration by Clay Rodery for the Star Tribune. For our SOLITARY series, entited Way Down In The Hole, published December 4, 2016

Readers Write (Dec. 11): Solitary confinement, campaign finance, health insurance

My family's experience with solitary confinement practices.
Letters
December 9, 2016
Nevills Arch is one of many beautiful rock formations in Fish and Owl Canyons in Cedar Mesa, Utah. (Brad Branan/Sacramento Bee/TNS) ORG XMIT: MIN20161

Readers Write (Dec. 12): The environment, the future of the workforce, vaccinations, Christmas songs

In Utah, beauty, history and threats.
Letters
December 8, 2016
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Readers Write (Dec. 9): Wedding-services lawsuit, 'Cold Outside' lyrics, downtown Minneapolis, Dayton administration, political discourse

The notion that integrity hinges on wedding videos is grandiose.
Letters
December 7, 2016
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Readers Write (Dec. 8): Fake news, wedding-services lawsuit, sanctuary cities, 'Cold Outside' lyrics, ranked-choice voting

One side has dominated while the other has shrunk from the fake-news battle.
Letters
December 6, 2016
Washington Technology Magnet School Navy junior ROTC Honor Guard member James Vo, a junior, rear left, holds two flags as fellow Honor Guard members r

Readers Write (Dec. 7): JROTC and military service, fake news, guns, business and politics, the Earned Income Tax Credit

Kids are smart enough to decide on the JROTC experience and military service.
Letters
December 5, 2016
FILE - In this Oct. 27, 2016, file photo, supporters of then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump hold signs during a campaign rally in Spri

Readers Write (Dec. 6): 'Drain the swamp,' Trump's Carrier deal, Trump's diplomacy, Standing Rock, Islam's history

Frustration's origins — and limits.
Letters
December 2, 2016
FILE - In this July 25, 2016, file photo, Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., speaks during the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelph

Readers Write (Dec. 3): U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison's DNC candidacy, affordable housing and gentrification, State Capitol art, Wells Fargo's image, student achievement

Would Ellison be present for the leadership task?
Letters
December 2, 2016
illustration by JUSTIN METZ, for the Star Tribune

Readers Write (Dec. 4): Urban and rural Minnesota, coverage priorities involving water quality, 'A Minnesota maelstrom'

Toward two-way thinking.

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