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February 14, 2017
President Donald Trump passes National Security Adviser Michael Flynn as he arrives via Air Force One at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla., Monday

Readers Write (Feb. 15): Michael Flynn, ICE raids, immigration and rural Minnesota, refugees and climate change, Minneapolis mayor's race, MinnesotaCare provider tax, slices of life

Flynn's resignation is damage control. Detailed investigation is needed.
Letters
February 13, 2017
Canadian Pacific has seen a dramatic increase in crude oil shipments in tank cars. This crude-only “unit train” passed through St. Paul

Readers Write (Feb. 14): Oil transport, U.S. Rep. Erik Paulsen's independence, U.S. Sen. Al Franken's snide remarks, President Trump's qualities, Sunday liquor sales and outstate Minnesota, racism

The other half of the analogy.
Letters
February 10, 2017
A scene at Isle Royale National Park in Michigan. Moose are thriving there but dwindling in Minnesota.

Readers Write (Feb. 12): The moose population; jobs, start-ups and automation; diversity in the funny pages

Let nature do its job.
Letters
February 10, 2017
The urban canopy at Lake Harriet, enhanced by an overnight snow in this photo from January.

Readers Write (Feb. 13): Urban trees, remember Ray Christensen, the Minneapolis Super Bowl, the Sherco power plant, Canada's travel restrictions and DUIs

Plant more? Great! Also, preserve.
Letters
February 10, 2017
The 1800s Paddle Wheel replica “Pearl of the River” cruised Lake Pepin on an October evening in 2014.

Readers Write (Feb. 11): Dakota Access Pipeline, distracted driving, immigration law, religion and politics, bank coin-counting machines

What if the pipeline ran under Lake Pepin?
Letters
February 9, 2017
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., reacted Wednesday to being rebuked by the Senate leadership under Rule 19 and accused of impugning a fellow senator, J

Readers Write (Feb. 10): U.S. Senate, stadium suites, Betsy DeVos confirmation, Affordable Care Act, Sunday liquor sales, religious symbols

Silencing of Warren speaks volumes.
Letters
February 8, 2017
Man on the phone driving a car on highway.

Readers Write (Feb. 9): Distracted driving, Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority, Betsy DeVos

Make it hurt to be an offender.
Letters
February 7, 2017
Rep. Erik Paulsen addressed the Republican victory party crowd in November with his wife at his side.

Readers Write (Feb. 8): U.S. Rep. Erik Paulsen, religion and politics, state vs. local control, Minneapolis Super Bowl

Living up to Editorial Board's endorsement?
Letters
February 6, 2017
Ray Christensen, at Williams Arena shortly before his retirement in 2001, became synonymous with U football and basketball broadcasts during a half-ce

Readers Write (Feb. 7): Ray Christensen; opposition to Supreme Court nominee; Minnesota Legislature on bikes, guns, Real ID, Xcel Energy, protests; productivity and the minimum wage

The voice of Gophers sports.
Letters
February 3, 2017
FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2012 file photo, miles of pipe for the stalled Canada-to-Texas Keystone XL pipeline are stacked in a field near Ripley, Okla. A

Readers Write (Feb. 4): Oil transport, travel restrictions, religion and politics

Stop gushing about pipelines.
Letters
February 3, 2017
iStockphoto.com

Readers Write (Feb. 5): Gestational surrogacy, responding to the Trump presidency, St. Louis Park, the funny pages

Clarify surrogacy standards in Minnesota.
Letters
February 3, 2017
President Donald Trump, and Stephen Bannon, right, Trump's chief strategist, before a meeting between Trump and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giulia

Readers Write (Feb. 6): Steve Bannon, Legislature and Israel, the role of a leader, Canada and travel restrictions, headlights and road safety

A man with too much power.
Letters
February 2, 2017
A young girl stood front and center at the front of the procession from St. Paul College to the State Capitol for the noon rally. ] ANTHONY SOUFFLE &#

Readers Write (Feb. 3): Supreme Court nomination, Trump's opponents, Trump's opponents' opponents, immigration and Islam, $15 minimum wage

'Fair opportunity' for whom in Gorsuch hearings?
Letters
February 1, 2017
University of Minnesota law professor Richard Painter poses for a photo. ] (Leila Navidi/Star Tribune) leila.navidi@startribune.com BACKGROUND INFORMA

Readers Write (Feb. 2): White House ethics lawsuit, Supreme Court nomination, Democratic obstruction of Cabinet appointments, redistricting, Congress on Groundhog Day

Ethics lawsuit is the good fight, eh? Who's paying?
Letters
January 31, 2017
FILE -- Eagle Scout Pascal Tessier, who is openly gay, in the annual Gay Pride March in New York, June 29, 2014. Reversing its stance of more than a c

Readers Write (Feb.1): Boy Scouts' policy on transgender kids, Trump's executive order on immigration

Equality must be carried out fully.
Letters
January 30, 2017
United States President Donald Trump signs Executive Orders in the Hall of Heroes at the Department of Defense in Virginia, January 27, 2017. Credit:

Readers Write (Jan. 31): Responses to Trump's executive order on refugees

A case of the vapors, perpetuated by the media.
Letters
January 27, 2017
President Donald Trump waves during the 58th Presidential Inauguration on Jan. 20, 2017 in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS) ORG XMI

Readers Write (Jan. 29): Trump's 'gospel of winning,' indoor air quality, outdoor air quality, school choice

Trump's governing philosophy doesn't sound like Christianity.
Letters
January 27, 2017
Roderick Cox profile, assistant conductor for MN Orchestra Wednesday October 26, 2016 in Minneapolis, MN. ] Jerry Holt / jerry. Holt@Startribune.com O

Readers Write (Jan. 28): Minnesota Orchestra's Roderick Cox, the Trump presidency, hunting and fishing ammunition, 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show'

A conductor's excellent example.
Letters
January 27, 2017
A cross was removed from a kneeling soldier at the veterans memorial park in Belle Plaine, MN. Advocates for the cross have been placing new ones at t

Readers Write (Jan. 30): Veterans and religion, protests and penalties, Minnesota Legislature and Israel, perceptions of women, winter driving

A misinterpretation in Belle Plaine.
Letters
January 26, 2017
Actress Mary Tyler Moore is shown as TV news producer Mary Richards in a scene from the "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," Aug. 1970 (AP Photo) ORG XMIT: AP

Readers Write (Jan. 27): Mary Tyler Moore's impact; Trump's executive actions, his despicable opponents and his Twitter use; abortion, no-guns policy, the North Loop

An analysis of the Mary Tyler Moore impact: How easy to have it all?
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