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August 11, 2017
FILE - In this April 25, 1980 file photo, President Jimmy Carter prepares to make a national television address from the Oval Office at the White Hous

Readers Write: North Korea, mining in northern Minnesota, tobacco regulation at the city level, gender bias in the workplace

Lesson from the Iran hostage crisis: Don't give enemy a global forum.
Letters
August 11, 2017
FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2016, file photo, billionaire Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos talks about the history and character of the

Readers Write: Amazon and retail, immigration policies, St. Paul's Ford site redevelopment

That "heat" on proven player — a giant — is warranted.
Letters
August 11, 2017
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, seen in reflection, poses for a portrait following an interview with the Associated Press at the Trump

Readers Write: Leadership of President Donald Trump, Al Franken and 'political porn,' Foxconn subsidies, leadership and the 'court of public opinion,' Bears Ears National Monument

Tough conditions, terrific work.
Letters
August 10, 2017
Mining will be a huge issue in the minds of 8th district voters. This is the MINNTAC taconite mine in Mountain Iron, Minnesota. ] Mountain Iron , MN -

Readers Write: Mining, Trump and North Korea, reading and math scores

Demand doesn't require our supply.
Letters
August 9, 2017
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting regarding the opioid crisis, at his Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., Aug. 8, 2017. Trump t

Readers Write: Foreign policy and North Korea, sex trade in Minnesota, gender bias, binge drinking, teaching supplies, math education

A long failure in East Asia.
Letters
August 8, 2017
A growing memorial to the victims is visible two days after an explosion and building collapse at Minnehaha Academy that left two dead and several inj

Readers Write (Aug. 9): Minnehaha Academy's John Carlson, state arts funding, Loft Literary Center, Super Bowl ice castle, Met Council and taxpayers, attack on Islamic center, immigration

"Do what John did."
Letters
August 7, 2017
FILE-- President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, bound for his summer vacation, Aug. 4, 2017. Trump is not the fi

Readers Write: The Trump presidency, attack at Bloomington Islamic center, Minneapolis election campaign finance, communications strategies, Dayton's Bluff neighborhood concerns, pets and the environment

We opponents are not daft.
Letters
August 4, 2017
CHRIS WELSCH / STAR TRIBUNE file photo On the Bohall Trail in Itasca State Park, an old growth pine basks in evening light. ORG XMIT: MIN2017080116090

Readers Write: Timber harvest, Wells Fargo lawsuits, airport transportation, menthol tobacco sales, race relations

There is much that could be lost.
Letters
August 4, 2017
Photo from Library of Congress/Bain News Service Woodrow Wilson, president from 1913 to 1921. ORG XMIT: MIN1707261758076490

Readers Write: 'The Wilsonian dilemma' and war, Wisconsin's Foxconn subsidy, police practices

The complexities of war and peace.
Letters
August 4, 2017
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Readers Write: Minnesota's cabin culture, affordable housing, wolf protections, James Lileks

Submitted for your disapproval.
Letters
August 3, 2017
A day after an explosion and building collapse at Minnehaha Academy that left two dead and several injured, the scene was quiet as light rain fell and

Readers Write: Explosion at Minnehaha Academy, campaign funding in Minneapolis mayoral race, immigration policy, distracted driving

Dedicated school workers were lost.
Letters
August 2, 2017
The White House in Washington, March 1, 2017. President Donald Trump, according to his advisers inside and outside of the White House, has felt besieg

Readers Write: Trump's view of the White House, affordable housing, fare increases for Metro Mobility and Transit Link, lessons of police shooting, opioid prescriptions, Minneapolis elections

The leader of the free world is not happy in our house?
Letters
August 1, 2017
The U.S. Embassy in Moscow, with a monument to Russian revolutionary workers in the foreground Friday, July 28, 2017. Russia's Foreign Ministry on Fri

Readers Write: Foreign embassies and consulates, housing, mining, Minneapolis city government, opioids, gender behavior

Caution — these roles may matter.
Letters
July 31, 2017
Minneapolis Police Union President Bob Kroll addressed the media Wednesday following the announcement that the two police officers involved in the sho

Readers Write: Minneapolis police, U.S. diplomats and big government, Malala Yousafzai's example, the costs of Minnesota's cabin culture, airport security, gene editing

As long as we're citing numbers …
Letters
July 31, 2017
RENDERING, proposed view | Districts 3 & 6. Local landscape architecture firm, Coen and Partners, and local consultants Preservation Design Works to c

Readers Write: Peavey Plaza renovation, Muslim butchering practices, pollution costs, the presidential pardon, autograph-seeking, being Minnesotan

The Peavey Plaza renovation still raises concerns.
Letters
July 28, 2017
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Readers Write: Minneapolis politics, TSA pat-downs, upcoming anniversary of I-35W bridge collapse

"Leftward, ho" is what inspires.
Letters
July 28, 2017
The sun rises on the U.S. Capitol the morning after the Senate voted on a slimmed-down Affordable Care Act repeal measure on Capitol Hill, in Washingt

Readers Write: Health care vote, Scaramucci's swears and the chaotic Trump administration, Rep. Erik Paulsen and super PACs, transgender toolkit, Dayton-Legislature dispute and the courts

The process most needs reform.
Letters
July 27, 2017
In this May 2016 photo provided by the City of Minneapolis, police Officer Mohamed Noor, right, is greeted by a well-wisher at a community event welco

Readers Write: Bias or not in reactions to shooting, direction of Democratic Party, postsecondary options, pollution in Cottage Grove, sanctions as foreign policy

Broad-brush analysis fell short.
Letters
July 26, 2017
In this image from video provided by C-SPAN2, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. speaks the floor of the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 25

Readers Write: National leadership, Trump and transgender members of the military, Trump's Boy Scout speech, NFL brain injuries, baby deliveries in St. Paul, a slice of life

McCain impresses, disappoints.
Letters
July 25, 2017
President Donald Trump at the Boy Scouts of America's 2017 National Scout Jamboree at the Summit Bechtel National Scout Reserve in Glen Jean, W.Va., J

Readers Write: Trump's speech to Boy Scouts, drinking and smoking age limits, Hiawatha golf course, police protection

Wherever he goes, there he is.
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