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Letters
May 26, 2017
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The view from a motor vehicle side mirror through the window in the rain. The image layers up due to the blind spot mirror giving a di

Readers Write: Safe driving, federal budget and AmeriCorps, opioids, Islam, President Trump

A few more tips for safe driving.
Letters
May 26, 2017
John Ladue looked on after loading his welding supplies into his car after completing his last day of class at South Central College in mid-December,

Readers Write: John LaDue, 'assault' on natural resources, police body cameras, editorial cartoons

Yes, LaDue can rebuild his life.
Letters
May 26, 2017
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Readers Write: Patriotism, oil pipelines, border adjustment tax, severance pay, condition of Minneapolis, profanity

Don't just follow along.
Letters
May 26, 2017
In this photo provided by Songlin Fei, Purdue University, taken May 16, 2017, an Eastern white pine tree. Eastern white pine trees in the U.S. have mo

Readers Write: Pines vs. climate change, aging, teaching, school funding, speech on campus, toll roads

We'll be left with what is essentially a museum.
Letters
May 25, 2017
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A recently restored first edition of the Minneapolis Daily Tribune dated May 25, 1867.

Readers Write: Star Tribune's 150th anniversary, media bias toward Trump, the president's budget proposal, Electoral College origins, renaming Lake Calhoun, renaming Ramsey Middle School

Free press needed then, and now.
Letters
May 24, 2017
FILE - In this June 16, 2014 file photo, demonstrators chant pro-Islamic State group, slogans as they carry the group's flags in front of the provinci

Readers Write: Islamic terrorism, the Electoral College, Edina rent hike, Womenwinning

Call terrorism what it is:Islamic.
Letters
May 23, 2017
Ringling Bros. ringmaster Johnathan Lee Iverson opens the final show of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Sunday, May 21, 2017, in Uniond

Readers Write: Circuses, entertaining and otherwise; Manchester attack; Trump presidency, Trump budget, Minneapolis mayoral race, Edina rent hike

One circus gone, others eternal.
Letters
May 22, 2017
FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2006 file photo, Fox News CEO Roger Ailes poses at Fox News in New York. Fox News said on Thursday, May 18, 2017, that Ailes

Readers Write: Aging issues and the death of Roger Ailes, the exchange of ideas, the professionalism of teachers, the responsibilities of voters

Love or hate Roger Ailes, there's a humanity lesson in his death.
Letters
May 21, 2017
A new type of cycling lane may be coming to Minneapolis if the local bike lobby gets its way on Minnehaha and Washington avenues. They're lobbying for

Readers Write: Bike lanes, Rep. Erik Paulsen's health care vote, women's issues, speech on campuses, U.S. Postal Service, renaming Lake Calhoun

Bike lanes make our lifestyle possible.
Letters
May 20, 2017
Passengers traveling west on Amtrak's Empire Builder board the train en route to St. Paul, Minn., Thursday, July 14, 2011, in Chicago. Prolonged flood

Readers Write: Passenger rail in Minnesota, post-incarceration, teacher licensure, the Trump presidency

Stay on board, Minnesota.
Letters
May 19, 2017
A buffer strip of grass and trees along the Rock River west of Edgerton is a good example of the protective strips that help filter runoff.

Readers Write: Buffer strips, Dayton veto of abortion bills, the Trump presidency, assimilation, the role of nonpublic schools

Given water quality, there's no time for delay.
Letters
May 18, 2017
FILE -- FBI Director Robert Mueller III testifies during a hearing on Capitol Hill, in Washington, June 19, 2013. The Justice Department has appointed

Readers Write: Special counsel appointment, household debt, education funding, bike lanes, St. Paul's image, coverage of women's sports

We're all complicit in the Trump presidency.
Letters
May 17, 2017
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Readers Write: So many views on so much "breaking news" on the Trump presidency; circumcision

So many views on so much "breaking news" on the Trump presidency.
Letters
May 16, 2017
President Donald Trump listens during his meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tue

Readers Write: Trump and intelligence, bike lanes in Minneapolis, bike paths in Edina, breast health, circumcision

Media was played, then overplays.
Letters
May 15, 2017
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Entrance to the campus of the University of Minnesota

Readers Write: University of Minnesota sexual harassment investigation, the Trump administration, circumcision, Minnesota Chamber of Commerce

The leak vs. the right thing in harassment investigation.
Letters
May 13, 2017
Pistol in the dark with lots of blue smoke rising

Readers Write: Gun violence and 'Stand Your Ground' laws, ideological diversity, doomsday preppers

The issue is serious. Don't make it simplistic.
Letters
May 12, 2017
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Readers Write: Communicating with constituents, health care, Russian influence, St. Olaf 'fabrication,' circumcision

Don't insult us with talking points.
Letters
May 12, 2017
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Readers Write: U.S. Postal Service mail preview, rural air service, 'Tale of two Girards,' consumer protections on condos, University of Minnesota budget, immigrants in the restaurant industry

An unwanted cost? An invasion of privacy?
Letters
May 11, 2017
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Readers Write: U.S. Rep. Jason Lewis on health care vote, for-profit HMOs, Gov. Dayton and the Legislature, environment protection and the Chamber of Commerce, college prep grants

"Journalism" goes into scare mode.
Letters
May 10, 2017
James Comey, the director of the FBI, shakes hands with President Donald Trump at a reception for law enforcement officers and first responders who he

Readers Write: The Comey firing

One day in May could be a shift.

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