“ Pat the Bunny ,” the 1940 classic touch-and-feel book, is still in print—a testament to the value of touch in introducing infants and toddlers to the world of reading. Later, when children reach school age, a common technique for teaching the alphabet is using hands-on manipulation, such as forming letters out of clay.

The writer is a constitutional lawyer. The article "Mitchell makes return to State Capitol after arrest" (April 30), about state Sen. Nicole Mitchell, was hard to read. Although I do not support her decision to handle the situation in the way in which she did, she is entitled to due process.

A complaint to the Minnesota Senate Subcommittee on Ethical Conduct states police were dispatched at 4:45 a.m. to the home of Mitchell's stepmother in Detroit Lakes. Newsweek has

Editorials represent the opinions of the Star Tribune Editorial Board, which operates independently from the newsroom. ••• Here's what's not subjection to interpretation: State Sen. Nicole Mitchell did something,