The Star-Banner publishes letters to the editor and a limited number of longer guest opinion columns from readers. Letters to the editor should be 250 words or fewer.

While some papers print general commentary, many will only print letters that refer to a specific article. Here are some examples of easy ways to refer to articles in your opening sentence: I was ...

Why not relegate all letters to editors to the online version and leave the shrinking real estate on the print pages to something that's actually valuable?" ...