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Letters

How Trump compares to ‘pretty good’ presidents

To the editor: What do Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, and Ronald Reagan have in common? They are all Republicans. They are former presidents. (They were pretty good presidents.) Does Donald Trump belong among them? I don’t think so. Actually, Trump wasn’t even a ...

Big divide not with right vs. left

To the editor: We’re a divided country, but it isn’t right vs. left or red vs. blue. The big divide is between the extremely powerful wealthy and the vast majority of Americans...US. Most Americans are way more alike than different. The powerful use lies, spin, fear mongering, ...

Language matters — we can do better

To the editor: I read with interest Representative Finstad’s letters to the EPA regarding actions to address nitrate contamination in public water systems and underground sources of drinking water in the First District. The petitioners included Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, ...

National Guard troops in U.S. cities alarming

To the editor: I am alarmed at seeing armed National Guard troops deployed into American cities — Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and next Chicago. This is purportedly about crime prevention, but it seems to me, it’s an attack on the poor and disenfranchised in our communities. We have ...

Courage of a windsock

To the editor: U.S. Rep. Brad Finstad was hooted off the stage at an Eggs and Issues event, 8/12/25, sponsored by the Rochester Area Chamber of Commerce. In a recent email to constituents (“Finstad in the Field,” 11/15/25), he claims that the event was “rudely disrupted by ...

Hell hath no fury like MAGA scorn

To the editor: If a picture is worth a thousand words, what is the array of Epstein/Trump scrapbook photos worth? The words coming from the President’s Democratic critics are plentiful enough. But the questions emanating from the president’s usually sycophantic MAGA acolytes are ...