Readers Write: America at the transition, overpopulation A partial coming-around. Text size Copy shortlink:
A fever is a normal and necessary response to a severe infection.
Dave Porter, Minneapolis
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Both Tice and Monte Bute ( We re all institutionalists now, Opinion Exchange, Jan. 10) discussed the fragility of our legal and political systems as exposed by the storming of the Capitol. They emphasized how crucial it is that our legal and democratic institutions stand strong and steady. But they failed to address how our institutions allowed Donald Trump to turn his presidency into a vehicle for destruction of our democracy. In 2016 the nation awarded him the bloody pulpit for four years, and he enabled white supremacist and conspiracy theories to delude and to gain credence. The institution of our free press was undermined as its effort to report the truth was ridiculed. It is critical that we reexamine our
Readers Write: COVID in Minnesota, legalizing marijuana, Al Milgrom Outstate is different. It s worse. December 25, 2020 6:00pm Text size Copy shortlink:
A recent letter writer took Gov. Tim Walz to task for treating rural Minnesota the same way as the seven-county metro area ( Outstate is not the metro, Readers Write, Dec. 21). To illustrate her point, she contends that the current restaurant closure restrictions are overly burdensome to small-town restaurants. Her letter ends with, The DFL better wake up and realize it is different in the outstate areas.
I agree with that statement, but I suspect not for the same reason. According to the Minnesota Department of Health weekly COVID-19 report from Dec. 17, more than 20 of the top Minnesota counties with the highest COVID case rates per 10,000 residents are outstate counties. As for testing, out of the 18 counties with the highest positivity rate, 17 are non-m