letters
Readers Write: SAT 'adversity scores,' police settlements, MIAC athletics
A score doesn't solve student issues.
Readers Write: Central American aid, online speech, St. Thomas and the MIAC
Cutting economic assistance won't solve the migration crisis.
Readers Write: Campaign finance reform, editorial cartoon, lake name
The session ended with no action toward curbing the amount of money spent in elections.
Readers Write: Israeli election, U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, vaccinations, water quality in Minnesota, Trump and tax cuts (and his returns), St. Thomas and the MIAC
Hamas wins vote for status quo.
Readers Write: Noor verdict, Barr congressional testimony, broken MNLARS system
To understand Noor's mind-set that night, take guns into account.
Readers Write: Attorney General William Barr, place names, abortion, goodbye to local trash hauler
Those critiquing the attorney general should be realistic about what he really does.
Readers Write: Online speech regulation, BWCA mining, the NRA
Don't let big tech firms dictate their own speech standards.
Readers Write: Abortion, names and history, lake quality, policy organizations and ideology
Finding the "dispositive criterion."
Readers Write: Place names, public civility under Trump, abortion
Arguments against changing names should be based on complete versions of history.
Readers Write: Carcinogenic TCE, Alabama abortion law, conversion therapy
Trichloroethylene is polluting our state, but we could become the first ones to ban it entirely.
Readers Write: Minnesota Legislature, hospital staff conflicts of interest, summer fashion advice
In 2020, remember who cares about gun deaths and who just cares about selling guns without a paper trail.
Readers Write: Health care, Trump's economy, women in business
If we copy the German health care model, we should mandate that companies incorporate public voices.
Readers Write: Conversion therapy, college athletics, climate change, insulin prices
When we argue about conversion therapy, we're arguing about people's lives.
Readers Write: Minnesota River and human effects on the planet, the MIAC, Venezuela, abortion
Will we ever stop never stopping?
Readers Write: Twin Metals mining, state legislature effectiveness, extended winter
Don't rush to judgment on a plan that doesn't exist yet.
Readers Write: Felons' right to vote, immigration, Catholic sex abuse crisis
Make re-entry into society easier, not harder
Readers Write: Postpartum depression, single-payer health care, Colorado shooting, death of boy left in car, housing
Hennepin Healthcare's new perinatal mental health facility will address a long-neglected issue.
Readers Write: Colorado school shooting, mining near the Boundary Waters, U.N. biodiversity report
Our legislators need to stop hiding behind the Second Amendment.
Readers Write: Infrastructure spending, testosterone ruling, mental health, climate change, sentencing commission, Venezuela, minimum wage
The gas tax and other funding proposals are needed to improve transportation.
Readers Write: Local art, public access to lakes, gas tax, 2020 presidential race
What makes the Twin Cities special is the local artists dedicated to them.