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January 19, 2018
President Donald Trump waves as he boards Marine One as he leaves Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., Friday, Jan. 12, 2018

Readers Write: Star Tribune Minnesota Poll on Trump's performance, reflectionson Walter Mondale and Hubert Humphrey

Our priorities are showing.
Letters
January 18, 2018
FILE - In this Dec. 20, 2017, file photo, House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., back left center, and other lawmakers react as President Donald Trump speak

Readers Write: Star Tribune Minnesota Poll, Super Bowl preparations, immigration debate

Judging poll questions and responses.
Letters
January 17, 2018
The American Birkebeiner International Bridge crossed over the Nicollet Mall on 9th Street Monday January 15, 2018 in Minneapolis MN. ] JERRY HOLT &#x

Readers Write: Super Bowl preparations, retailers who provide parking, immigration, dieting, messages in the comic strips

Inconveniently, daily life goes on.
Letters
January 17, 2018
10/24/2017

Readers Write: Dieting, end-of-life care, smoking policies at U.S. Bank Stadium, immigration and Trump

You must fight fat, for your health.
Letters
January 15, 2018
Vikings surprised Millie Wall by sending her some tickets to her first playoff game for her 100th birthday, Tuesday, January 9, 2018 in St. Anthony, M

Readers Write: Minnesota Vikings, earmarks, nuclear energy, well testing, smoking on Nicollet Mall, '40 books we should all read'

Now that was an experience.
Letters
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.
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