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Readers Write: People behaving badly (raucous diners; intimidation in Edina schools and of Tomi Lahren), people behaving well (vote for youth facility in East Bethel), Minnesota's business climate, running vs. jogging vs. issues that really matter
Readers Write: School shootings, distracted-driving legislation, white privilege
A teacher's perspective on school shootings.
Readers Write: Minneapolis and tourism, Minnesota Legislature, highway protest legislation veto, Rep. Jason Lewis town hall, gun restrictions
There's a lot of 'there' here.
Readers Write: 'Joggers' vs. runners, abortion and the University of Minnesota Medical School, gun violence, Trump and immigration, self-driving cars vs. light rail
Long may we, ahem, run.
Readers Write: School shooting in Texas, legislative tax showdown, sports betting and charitable gaming, smoking
But I am growing numb.
Readers Write: Private-college tuition, health care cost transparency, school shooting in Texas, closing of senior-living facility in Brooklyn Center, Russia's role in Minnesota
One of the most daunting puzzles I've faced.
Readers Write: Nick Coleman, Southwest light rail, immigration, farm bill, presidential prerogatives, royal wedding
Learning from a voice for voiceless.
Readers Write: Distracted-driving legislation, Met Council legislation, gun policy and polls, omnibus legislation
Mental obstructions in the road.
Readers Write: Redistricting in an omnibus bill, the Mideast, polls, out of the mouths of politicians, Twins games on AM
Redistricting principles now in an omnibus bill at the Legislature.
Readers Write: Israel and Gaza, waterboarding, polling on gun policy, antireligious bias
Embassy move is not the trigger of new violence.
Readers Write: WCCO Radio and the Minnesota Twins, MNLARS, food shelf visits, farming buffer zones, tobacco settlement, Mother's Day
Things are back where they belong
Readers Write: Home care worker shortage, sentencing guidelines, Amazon's HQ2, religion and nonbelief, St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter, Star Tribune Magazine
Home care workers shortage is solvable; connect the dots.
Readers Write: Waterboarding, abortion and the University of Minnesota, '1968 remembered,' 2018 eletions, variety in newspaper stories
I've been waterboarded; it's humane.
Readers Write: Freeway-protest legislation, Iran deal pullout, Trump's influences, representation, lobbying, Minneapolis police appearances
What's the real target of freeway-protest legislation?
Readers Write: Distracted driving, Iran nuclear deal, U.S. Rep. Jason Lewis and the Metropolitan Council, U.S. Rep. Erik Paulsen and the Mueller investigation, Minneapolis schools
If driving distracted, press 1 …
Readers Write: President Donald Trump and the Iran deal, remembering Ray Szmanda (the Menards guy)
It was Opposite Day at the White House.
Readers Write: Legislature in the home stretch — kitchen-sink bills, taxes, distracted driving; border policies; Oliver North and the NRA; national leadership choices; Met Council
What legislation belongs, what doesn't.
Readers Write: Schools and the state budget surplus, early childhood education, America's race legacy
Schools, skills, surplus and a rising river.
Readers Write: Minnesota's meth crisis, juvenile justice, gun rights, Richard Painter and the U.S. Senate race, young people in the obits
Answer to meth crisis: U.S. border control.
Readers Write: Girl Scouts, elder care, Bill and Camille Cosby, gender bias in reporting on accused killers like Lois Riess
In defense of the Girl Scouts.