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February 16, 2018

Readers Write: Duluth schools' decision on 'To Kill a Mockingbird' and 'Huck Finn,' continued responses to the Florida school shooting

Where Duluth has gone wrong.
Letters
February 16, 2018
iStockphoto.com Deer and Hunter in the Woods

Readers Write: Florida school shooting

Have hunters had enough?
Letters
February 15, 2018
The flag above the White House is lowered to half-staff for the shooting victims of a mass shooting in a South Florida High School, Thursday, Feb. 15,

Readers Write: Florida school shooting

What to do when "nothing" won't do.
Letters
February 14, 2018
Students are released from a lockdown following a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018. (Jo

Readers Write: School shooting in Florida, HMOs, political leadership, the market economy on parking and pot, Shaun White at the Winter Olympics, Minnesota as Northwest, priorities

And which way the legislation?
Letters
February 13, 2018
iStockphoto.com High schoolers playing football, with spectators watching.

Readers Write: Contact sports and CTE, Jessie Diggins in the Winter Olympics, Trump and federal spending, early childhood education, the nation's gun laws, Morningside, the 'Northwest'

Tackle football safe? Really?
Letters
February 13, 2018
North hats available at Askov Finlayson. Photo provided by Askov Finlayson

Readers Write: 'Bold North,' marijuana dealers' deaths, Uptown development, rail safety, U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan, Trump's military parade, 'Violet Days' cartoon

'Midwest'? 'North'? Remembering when we were the 'Northwest.'
Letters
February 11, 2018
The scene on Feb. 4, 2018 after an Amtrack train crashed into a CSX frieght train in Cayce, S.C. The engineer and conductor were killed. (Tim Dominick

Readers Write: Train safety, health care middlemen, Minnesota wolves and walleye, Duluth books

Keep the focus on passenger rail safety.
Letters
February 10, 2018
Levi LaValle leapt a snowmobile over Nicollet Mall for the Polaris UpsideDown stunt Saturday. ] ANTHONY SOUFFLE ï anthony.souffle@startribune.com

Readers Write: Maintaining Minnesota's 'Big Mo,' the Tet Offensive

An unwinnable arms race.
Letters
February 9, 2018
Saint Paul Public Schools Superintendent Joe Gothard answered questions from the media about the potential teacher strike. With him were Jackie Turner

Readers Write: St. Paul teachers strike, Gen. John Kelly and Rob Porter, marijuana gummies, development in Uptown, the stolen stadium seat

Please school leaders, lead.
Letters
February 8, 2018
These eight containers holding many thousands of edible THC gummies were seized by law enforcement officers in Lakeville and have a street value of $4

Readers Write: Marijuana gummies, Trump's military parade, 'Fifty Shades of Grey,' Peppermint Patty

Scapegoating seized THC edibles.
Letters
February 7, 2018
U.S troops march down the Champs Elysees avenue, with the Arc de Triomphe in background, during the Bastille Day parade in Paris, Friday, July 14, 201

Readers Write: Trump's military parade, precinct caucuses, Super Bowl and Eagles fans, "Peanuts" and science projects, kudos to the newspaper

Marching for 'Dear Leader'
Letters
February 6, 2018
FILE - In this Jan. 30, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump gestures as delivers his first State of the Union address in the House chamber of the

Readers Write: Applauding Trump's speech, Super Bowl and tourism, the 'redneck' to the rescue, former U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann

The freedom to clap or not to clap.
Letters
February 5, 2018
Kevin Boyle from Philadelphia, Pa. attends his second Super Bowl with his dad and brother on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2018 at US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, M

Readers Write: Super Bowl in Minnesota, Tuesday's precinct caucuses, the GOP's FBI memo

OK, pat yourselves on the back.
Letters
February 4, 2018
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Readers Write: Our 'fake' society, immigration, Minnesota governor's race, size of government, pond hockey

On the surface, in the deep.
Letters
February 3, 2018
Dale and Tonya Hurley pose for a photo inside their Blue Earth home. ] LEILA NAVIDI ï leila.navidi@startribune.com BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Dale a

Readers Write: Blue Earth, Ronald Reagan's ranch, conservation, Garrison Keillor, Amazon's zipped lips on employee-tracking

A response to a beating that is upside down.
Letters
February 2, 2018
President Donald Trump listens to questions from reporters about allowing the release of a secret memo on the FBI's role in the Russia inquiry, during

Readers Write: The Nunes memo, the FBI, the justice system, threats to global peace

Someone's not doing their job.
Letters
February 2, 2018
President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. (

Readers Write: State of the Union

President delivered a message of compromise.
Letters
February 1, 2018
A super blue blood moon is seen setting behind the Hollywood hills in Los Angeles on Wednesday Jan. 31, 2018. The moon is putting on a rare cosmic sho

Readers Write: Lunar eclipse, U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, marijuana, immigration, St. Paul during the Super Bowl, 'simple computations'

Hope in unweary eyes.
Letters
January 30, 2018
The crowd waited for Sheila E. to take the stage at Nicollet Mall. ] CARLOS GONZALEZ ï cgonzalez@startribune.com - Minneapolis, MN - Prince tribu

Readers write: Super Bowl, the skyways and Nicollet Mall, Sen. Amy Klobuchar and mining review

And all it took was a billion-dollar stadium and a Super Bowl.
Letters
January 29, 2018
With the skyline for a view people made their way across the Mississippi River via zip line, Friday, January 26, 2018 in Minneapolis, MN. ] ELIZABETH

Readers Write: Super Bowl zipline and kite festival, Super Bowl and businesses, downtown surveillance, mineral exploration, "crusty old cave trolls," Larry Nassar sentencing

Why not expand these events?
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