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Big game ends in overtime. Score: Elephants won, Donkeys zero. With referee Barack Obama spending his time looking for his …
As I suspected, Gov. Terry Branstad has vetoed legislation that would have kept local workforce development offices open. Now is …
A couple weeks ago or so, my aunt and I were shopping at the Goodwill store in Marion. As we …
Government dependency has created our economic problems through encouraging people to abandon their personal, economical, and/or societal obligations in favor …
The Empire State Building was built in 18 months. Cedar Rapids cannot build a library in more than three years. …
Harry Reid and the Senate Democrats and President Obama have acted arrogantly and put our nation in great peril by …
On the afternoon of July 15, a young man was walking down the street near Oak Hill Manor where he …
In light of the high tension, and apparently angry negotiations, that went on regarding our national budget, I share my …
In the Aug. 2 story “Iowa delegates: Deal didn’t go far enough,” The Gazette quoted the incumbent of the 1st …
Along country roads, one sees these yellow signs with bicycles on them: “Share the road.” Doesn’t this apply to the …
I am not a Tea Party member, nor am I a spokesman for Ron Paul. The problem I see is …
I read with interest Katrina vanden Heuvel’s article (“And now, the populist revolt,” Aug. 2) in which she blames the …
In what is sure to be a devastating fallout for low-income Americans and their families, on July 31, the Senate, …
Steve Rathje is running for U.S. Congress in District 1. I know Rathje will be an outstanding congressman because as …
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