My party is dying a swift yet painful death. I’ve identified as a Republican since I began to think about …
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Matt Ray, guest columnist Guest Columnists May. 23, 2016 12:52 pm3552d ago
My party is dying a swift yet painful death. I’ve identified as a Republican since I began to think about …
Jim Grief, guest columnist Guest Columnists May. 22, 2016 7:00 am3553d ago
I, like many farmers in the area, have read with concern the many opinion pieces recently published in The Gazette …
Graham Gillette, guest columnist
Guest Columnists May. 22, 2016 7:00 am3553d ago
A few days after the New Year, Gov. Terry Branstad unveiled a water-quality plan he called his ‘biggest and boldest …
Rich Patterson, guest columnist
Guest Columnists May. 21, 2016 1:00 pm3554d ago
Canada geese are displacing deer as Cedar Rapids’ most controversial animal. Opinions vary on whether too many of the husky …
David McInally, guest columnist
Guest Columnists May. 21, 2016 8:00 am3554d ago
This spring, the 21 members of Iowa Campus Compact will collectively grant degrees to more than 12,000 students. These students …
Becci Reedus, guest columnist
Guest Columnists May. 20, 2016 8:38 am3555d ago
As we near the end of National Mental Health Month, it is so important to bring suicide into this conversation. …
John L. Smith, guest column Guest Columnists May. 18, 2016 11:53 am3557d ago
In the trucking industry, we’re fond of calling ourselves the lifeblood of the American economy – delivering the goods that …
Carroll McKibbin, guest columnist Guest Columnists May. 17, 2016 10:50 am3558d ago
May 17 marks the anniversary of one of the most historic decisions in the annals of the Supreme Court. ‘Brown …
John Lawrence Hanson, guest columnist
Guest Columnists May. 17, 2016 10:50 am3558d ago
A chicken dinner was once such a special treat. The lore of 1928 presidential campaign associated that culinary luxury with …
Maya Gönlübol, guest columnist
Guest Columnists May. 15, 2016 8:00 am3560d ago
Throughout my time living in Cedar Rapids, I’ve seen community in the humans that have surrounded me. In 2008 when …
Sen. Chuck Grassley,
Guest Columnists May. 15, 2016 7:00 am3560d ago
This is the text from Sen. Chuck Grassley’s weekly video address, delivered on May 11. When I became the Chairman …
Jeffrey Meyers, guest columnist
Guest Columnists May. 14, 2016 1:00 pm3561d ago
It’s graduation season, and with it comes the joy of achievement and the exhale of all the hard work leading …
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