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October 25, 2019
Readers Write: Minneapolis Public schools, education standards, felons and voting, Minnesota Poll on presidential race, St. Paul trash
Commentary writer's gripes seemed rather self-centered.
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October 25, 2019
Readers Write: PolyMet mine, downtown Minneapolis safety, parking rules, Trump's wall
PolyMet's tailings design is banned in Brazil, but fine for us?
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October 24, 2019
Readers Write: 2020 candidate options, impeachment hearings, Hillary Clinton's e-mails, felon voting rights
Four years of Democratic rule is scary, too.
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October 23, 2019
Readers Write: Impeachment inquiry, St. Paul trash collection, car crash deaths
Four more years of Trump will ruin us. Don't Republicans get it?
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October 22, 2019
Readers Write: Felons' right to vote, Warner nature center, the Kurds, climate change denial, presidential candidates' ages
Felony re-enfranchisement is a start, but not the end.
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October 21, 2019
Readers Write: Organized religion, Trump's presidency, Amy Klobuchar, Al Franken, public art
I'm not surprised that young people are fleeing religion.
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October 18, 2019
Readers Write: Enbridge Line 3, the Nobel Peace Prize, China leasing an island, T.C. Bear
Oh, Line 3 is necessary, is it?
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October 18, 2019
Readers Write: The president's discretion, 'giants' of the past and present, Omar's endorsement of Sanders
Much in judging the president's actions depends on the purpose served.
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October 18, 2019
Readers Write: St. Paul's messy trash system, auto emissions standards, public restrooms in Minneapolis
What a load of garbage.
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October 17, 2019
Readers Write: Sexual assault on campus, President Trump, St. Paul trash, Medicare for All, electric scooters
Some context is needed regarding sexual assaults on campus.
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October 16, 2019
Readers Write: Train lines, Ukraine ambassador, St. Paul trash system, William Barr, police and Trump
More trains? I'm all aboard.
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October 15, 2019
Readers Write: Sen. Paul Gazelka on President Trump, Trump's Minneapolis rally, Congress, the Kurds
What Trump lacks in substance, he also lacks in style.
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October 14, 2019
Readers Write: Impeachment, Trump's Minneapolis rally, St. Paul trash
Present both sides of an argument — if there are two. The impeachment debate only has one.
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October 11, 2019
Readers write: Trump's Minneapolis rally and Native American representation
Trump predicts a "red wave" in Minnesota, but I don't see it.
Letters
October 11, 2019
Readers Write: Electric vehicles, Trump's Minneapolis visit, Congress, hunting with dogs
Car dealerships squirm having to sell electric vehicles — and that's OK.
Letters
October 11, 2019
Readers write: Women's suffrage, impeachment, Syria, nanoparticles
In 1920, only some women got the right to vote.
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October 10, 2019
Readers Write: Lead poisoning and hunting, Turkey and the Kurds, end-of-life care, Trump's visit, the NBA
Lead is poison — to humans and animals. Ban it.
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October 9, 2019
Readers Write: LGBTQ wedding video case, plane noise, new emissions standards, the Twins
Accommodate religious beliefs about marriage, yes, but not in the way a federal appeals court panel suggested.
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October 8, 2019
Readers Write: Democratic socialism vs. communism, Trump's Minneapolis rally, Syria policy, impeachment, the Twins
Sweep aside the straw man — democratic socialism and Chinese communism are not the same.
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October 7, 2019
Readers Write: Trump's visit to Minneapolis, emergency insulin
Please, show Trumpers we liberals care.
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