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September 25, 2020
There is a painting in the Governor's Reception Room at the Minnesota State Capitol that depicts the First Minnesota Volunteer Regiment's historic fir

Readers Write: Trump's Civil War comments, Walz and COVID, Catholicism, old buses

They died for the Union, Mr. Trump.
Letters
September 25, 2020
Voters line up outside of the Minneapolis early voting center on Friday, Sept. 18, 2002, as Minnesota opened early voting for the general election. (A

Readers Write: 2020 election, Trump's potential loss, Minneapolis police

Vote. It's easy and safe.
Letters
September 25, 2020
Syringes of SARS CoV-2 Vaccine for COVID-19 produced by SinoVac are displayed during a media tour of its factory in Beijing on Thursday, Sept. 24, 202

Readers Write: COVID-19 vaccines, abortion, learning from history

Until a vaccine comes, do what you can.
Letters
September 24, 2020
President Donald Trump arrives for a press briefing at the White House in Washington, Sept. 23, 2020. Trump declined an opportunity on Wednesday to en

Readers Write: The election and a peaceful transfer of power, city planning, summer's end

How is this not front-page news?
Letters
September 23, 2020
President Trump walked on a catwalk to his podium as thousands of supporters cheered and chanted. ] ALEX KORMANN • alex.kormann@startribune.com Pres

Readers Write: 2020 election, COVID-19, Dudley Riggs

Agree now to play by the rules.
Letters
September 22, 2020
The Capitol, seen from the Russell Senate building during the government shutdown in Washington, Dec. 27, 2018. On Jan. 1, as the government shutdown

Readers Write: Supreme Court fight, presidential debates

We are playing with partisan fire.
Letters
September 21, 2020
FILE -- Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in her chambers at the Supreme Court in Washington, Aug. 23, 2013. "Now we might have passed a point of no return.

Readers Write: Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the Supreme Court, Milwaukee Avenue

Honor Ginsburg. Keep fighting.
Letters
September 19, 2020
This image and description from NASA's Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS), which is aboard the Aqua satellite, shows captured carbon monoxide plumes

Readers Write: Chains of impacts, the Minneapolis City Council, Minnesota Public Radio, Democratic Catholics, COVID-19, courage in politics

A nightmare scenario.
Letters
September 18, 2020
The Minneapolis Early Vote Center. ] GLEN STUBBE • glen.stubbe@startribune.com Wednesday, July 29, 2020 Absentee ballots are being requested at a re

Readers Write: Trump vs. Biden, the Lynx

My choice this November is clear.
Letters
September 18, 2020
In this file photo, Attorney General William Barr provides an update on Operation Legend on Sept. 9, 2020, at a news conference at the Dirksen U.S. Co

Readers Write: The coronavirus pandemic, the national anthem, racism, the Boundary Waters

The 'greatest intrusion'? Hmm.
Letters
September 17, 2020
Los Angeles Clippers players and personnel keel during the national anthem before an NBA conference semifinal playoff basketball game against the Denv

Readers Write: National anthem protests, policing, justice, distance learning, climate change

Liberty over uniformity.
Letters
September 16, 2020
Members of the Tennessee Titans stand and kneel during the national anthem prior to an NFL football game against the Denver Broncos, Monday, Sept. 14,

Readers Write: National anthem protests, Third District race, Biden's COVID plan, Big Ten football

The flag and anthem belong to all of us, not just the military.
Letters
September 15, 2020
Firefighters light backfires at the Bobcat Fire at Santa Anita Canyon in Arcadia, Calif., Sunday, Sept., 13, 2020. Wildfires across the West Coast hav

Readers Write: Climate change and wildfires, Garrison Keillor, Catholic priests' comments, U of M sports cuts

A fiery case for renewable energy.
Letters
September 14, 2020
Desiree Pierce reacts as she visits her home destroyed by the Almeda Fire, Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, in Talent, Ore. "I just needed to see it, to get so

Readers Write: Climate change, diversity training, COVID-19

We've got to stop this.
Letters
September 12, 2020
A few dozen protesters demanded justice for George Floyd outside the home of Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman Wednesday. ] aaron.lavinsky@startri

Readers Write: Protests, Minneapolis public safety, unemployment support,

No false equivalence, please.
Letters
September 11, 2020
(NYT114) NEW YORK -- Aug. 8, 2002 -- 9-11-ANNIVERSARY-14 --Firefighters and a police officer just after the collapse of the World Trade Center on Sept

Readers Write: The police, Trump and the coronavirus

These officers are our heroes.
Letters
September 11, 2020
Bicyclists passed Wirth Lake at Theodore Wirth Park. ] LEILA NAVIDI • leila.navidi@startribune.com BACKGROUND INFORMATION: A warm and humid afternoo

Readers Write: Civil society, China's human rights abuses, the election, water pollution, COVID-19

Serendipity and ensuing reflection.
Letters
September 10, 2020
FILE -- Testing for the coronavirus, at a drive-thru site outside Pleasant Valley Baptist Church in Liberty, Mo., on Aug. 17, 2020. Six months into th

Readers Write: Trump and the virus, the Electoral College, jargon

Public denial, private agreement.
Letters
September 9, 2020
Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka, R-East Gull Lake, talked with Senate Minority Leader Susan Kent, DFL-Woodbury on the Senate Floor before the star

Readers Write: The Legislature, 'losers' and 'suckers' comments, better journalism, COVID-19, the State Fair

Redirect your ire, Gazelka.
Letters
September 8, 2020
A group of protesters surrounded several National Guard vehicles that were driving on Lake Street towards the blockade under the Hiawatha Light Rail s

Readers Write: Civil unrest, Trump's comments on veterans

I'll take protest over the alternative.
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