Say it quickly before he or she disappears from your paper: Ben Sasse for president. (Don’t be vulgar.) Try Kristi …
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Norman Sherman Guest Columnists Oct. 3, 2022 7:00 am1122d ago
Say it quickly before he or she disappears from your paper: Ben Sasse for president. (Don’t be vulgar.) Try Kristi …
Kris Gulick Guest Columnists Oct. 3, 2022 7:00 am1122d ago
I have always been passionate about public service. After the flood of 2008, as a member of the Cedar Rapids …
Todd Taylor
Guest Columnists Oct. 2, 2022 7:00 am1123d ago
I am running for re-election in the newly drawn Senate District 40. This includes NW Cedar Rapids, NE Cedar Rapids …
Charles Crawley
Guest Columnists Oct. 2, 2022 7:00 am1123d ago
Theodore Roosevelt was right: the more you know about the past, the better prepared you are for the future. On …
Mary C. McCarthy
Guest Columnists Oct. 2, 2022 7:00 am1123d ago
My need for a daily newspaper must be genetic. Both sets of grandparents always had current newspapers in their home, …
Kurt Ullrich
Guest Columnists Oct. 2, 2022 11:00 am1123d ago
Last week I was sitting on a plastic green faux Adirondack chair in front of my garage, pondering how I …
Norman Sherman Guest Columnists Sep. 26, 2022 7:00 am1129d ago
It’s no secret the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) spends a couple billion dollars a year to keep America safe from …
Marcia Rogers Guest Columnists Sep. 25, 2022 9:06 am1130d ago
Cedar Rapids Jewish and Muslim communities come together to plant trees destroyed by the derecho
Chris Jones
Guest Columnists Sep. 25, 2022 7:00 am1130d ago
The public deserves better from the industry and its spokespeople
John S. Westefeld
Guest Columnists Sep. 25, 2022 7:00 am1130d ago
If something is seen as big, and is a lie, why is it still seen as truth by so many? …
Bruce Lear
Guest Columnists Sep. 25, 2022 7:00 am1130d ago
There’s a lot on the ballot this November. Public education, democracy, immigration, and the economy all hang in the balance …
Joe Bolkcom
Guest Columnists Sep. 24, 2022 6:00 am1131d ago
Since the Iowa Supreme Court recognized that equal protection under the law included the right to marry the person you …
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