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January 12, 2018
A possibly lost manuscript in Syriac was digitized before the library that housed it was burned. Fr. Columba Stewart sat in front of the digital image

Readers Write: Monk's preservation of ancient documents, 'Blame it on '68,' a walk in Karl-Anthony Towns' shoes

Minnesota monk's work is vital.
Letters
January 12, 2018
iStockphoto.com Entrance to the campus of the University of Minnesota

Readers Write: Sexual assault and harassment, affordable housing, the farm bill, pro sports, boys' volleyball prospects

The University of Minnesota adjudication process is worthy.
Letters
January 12, 2018
President Donald Trump speaks during a prison reform roundtable in the Roosevelt Room of the Washington, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Ka

Readers Write: Trump and immigration, health care policy, the political process

The past can be illuminating.
Letters
January 12, 2018
Governor Mark Dayton delivered his State of the State speech. ] GLEN STUBBE ï glen.stubbe@startribune.com Monday January 23, 2017 Gov. Mark Dayto

Readers Write: Minnesota taxes, Hennepin County commissioner's spending, the #MeToo movement, health care policy, addiction and recovery, the Minnesota Vikings

Our state has work to do on taxes.
Letters
January 10, 2018
A special Inter City Express train of Deutsche Bahn, DB,drives along the new fast railway track between Munich and Berlin in Erfurt, Germany, Friday,

Readers Write: High-speed rail, TV policies at Life Time, Oprah Winfrey's speech, shopping online, eating snow

Obstruction of rail study is just plain obstinate.
Letters
January 9, 2018
DAVID JOLES * djoles@startribune.com Chanhassen, MN - Sept. 17, 2009-] In a tight economy Life Time Fitness has grown and after briefly faltering, sto

Readers Write: TV policies at Life Time Fitness, health care costs, water quality, food production

No news is good news, since otherwise it's everywhere.
Letters
January 8, 2018
Piggy bank with bandages. ORG XMIT: MIN1801031123400570

Readers Write: Health care costs, allegations against Reggie Lynch, the state of the president

Make it consumer-driven; it works in other sectors.
Letters
January 5, 2018
Justin Timberlake reaches across Janet Jackson during their performancs just before he pulled off the covering to her right breast, which was partiall

Readers Write: Super Bowl halftime show, Vikings' prospects, football's risks, surgery costs and births, Life Time Fitness and what's on TV

Gender inequality at work.
Letters
January 5, 2018
Todd Roggenkamp of Breezy Point, Minn., is the new president of the Minnesota Trappers Association.

Readers Write: Animal trapping, nitrates and wells, teaching, food production, wages and inflation

Trapping animals is cruel and gratuitous.
Letters
January 5, 2018
A patriotic Uncle Sam character covering begging for donations with a tin cup full of money while holding a blank red sign in his other hand. He is we

Readers Write: Federal budget and shutdown risks, Reggie Lynch and Mark Coyle, Life Time Fitness and news on TV, wintertime goodwill

The shutdown sausage.
Letters
January 4, 2018
Readers Write: Corporate tax changes, President Donald Trump, cost of hepatitis C treatment for inmates, health care policy and HMOs

Readers Write: Corporate tax changes, President Donald Trump, cost of hepatitis C treatment for inmates, health care policy and HMOs

Earn this.
Letters
January 3, 2018
Senator Tina Smith is sworn in by Vice President Mike Pence in a ceremonial swearing in ceremony Wdnesday, Jan. 3, 2018 in Washington,D.C. On the left

Readers Write: U.S. Sen. Tina Smith, President Donald Trump, urban density, health care policy, polyamory

Tina Smith's moment and more.
Letters
January 2, 2018
The Mississippi River photographed near the Lake Street Bridge on Friday, January 13, 2016, in Minneapolis, Minn. ] RENEE JONES SCHNEIDER • ren

Readers Write: Selling our qualities to Super Bowl fans, urban density, food production

The unspoken selling point of our region.
Letters
December 29, 2017
Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve in the first quarter Tuesday night. ] JEFF WHEELER ï jeff.wheeler@startribune.com The Minnesota Lynx faced the Los A

Readers Write: Cheryl Reeve and the Lynx, the Vikings' Stephen Weatherly, dementia care, sex abuse settlements, Super Bowl pomp and circumstance, cold weather

About time for that promotion.
Letters
December 29, 2017
Minnesota Vikings defensive end Brian Robison (96) celebrated his sack of Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton for a six yard loss. ] JEFF WHEELER ï j

Readers Write: Football's dangers, health care policy, agenda items for Minnesota Legislature, remake of Nicollet Mall

Size limits are in order.
Letters
December 29, 2017
Kay Crowthers of the MN Knitter's Guild works on a pair of mittens during Vogue Knitting Live. ] (Leila Navidi/Star Tribune) leila.navidi@startribune.

Readers Write: The 2016 election (continued), why government is mistrusted, Christmas (continued), delay in police shooting investigation, great books (continued)

Everyone needs a hobby.
Letters
December 28, 2017
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Readers Write: 'The 40 greatest books we should all read,' health care policy, gun policy

What readers would add to or subtract from the list.
Letters
December 27, 2017
Ward 4 - Barbara Johnson Minneapolis City Council Member ] August 29, 2014 GLEN STUBBE * gstubbe@startribune.com

Readers Write: Minneapolis City Council, guns, great books, the culture

Pay hike was the realistic thing to do.
Letters
December 26, 2017
Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke appears before the Senate Committee on Energy and Resources on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on June 20, 2017

Readers Write: Mining and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, Minneapolis City Council and mayoral pay raises, civics and citizenship, great books and diversity

A promise unkept by Zinke.
Letters
December 22, 2017

Readers Write: Rufus Wainwright/Manny Laureano, youth sports, trauma and healing, 'best-run state'

Mixing art and politics: Yes.
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