What would you call someone who turns down money for poor kids to eat lunch during the summer, takes money …
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John Lehnst Guest Columnists Feb. 27, 2024 9:16 am710d ago
What would you call someone who turns down money for poor kids to eat lunch during the summer, takes money …
Amy Kortemeyer Guest Columnists Feb. 27, 2024 9:15 am710d ago
The Linn-Mar Community School District has changed considerably and grown significantly since 1948, when our district consisted of a dozen …
Roger Johanson
Guest Columnists Feb. 26, 2024 5:00 am712d ago
Travis Meier’s opinion piece, published in The Gazette on Feb. 12, “The trouble with school is too much math,” demands …
Norman Sherman
Guest Columnists Feb. 26, 2024 5:00 am712d ago
The first draft of this column was written centuries ago by someone else. How he or she knew Mike Johnson …
Thomas Gruca
Guest Columnists Feb. 25, 2024 5:00 am713d ago
Rural health care is in crisis and while many solutions have been offered to encourage specialist physicians to practice in …
David V. Wendell
Guest Columnists Feb. 25, 2024 5:00 am713d ago
This year marks the 185th anniversary of two Iowa court rulings declaring human beings are not property
Bruce Lear Guest Columnists Feb. 25, 2024 5:00 am713d ago
America thrives on competition. We love it when the outcome hangs in the balance. The Super Bowl is almost a …
Peyton Weber Guest Columnists Feb. 25, 2024 12:03 pm712d ago
As a sophomore at the University of Iowa I want to focus on doing my best in class and not …
Wally Taylor
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Erin Jordan’s article in The Gazette Feb. 20 described the public hearing on the new DNR Chapter 65 regulations for …
Gary Warner
Guest Columnists Feb. 20, 2024 8:38 am717d ago
I was an educator for 40 years, mostly in Iowa, as a classroom teacher, a guidance counselor, and as an …
Sens. Janice Weiner, Todd Taylor and Molly Donahue
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Election laws are again on the agenda at the state legislature. Imagine, if you will, that state election laws required …
Norman Sherman
Guest Columnists Feb. 19, 2024 5:00 am719d ago
Kim Reynolds’s vision for tomorrow is yesterday or maybe the turn of the 19th century. Every time I think I’m …
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