On Memorial Day weekend, I visited my daughter’s grave. She died in 1971. I was upset regarding the care of …
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On Memorial Day weekend, I visited my daughter’s grave. She died in 1971. I was upset regarding the care of …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Jun. 30, 2011 11:53 am5311d ago
I recently attended a community discussion in Ames regarding Iowa’s commercial dog breeding industry. The presenter was Mary LaHay with …
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Letters to the Editor Jun. 30, 2011 11:52 am5311d ago
Can the government get any more negligent in following our returning soldiers? The Pentagon hasn’t done its job. A bureaucratic …
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Letters to the Editor Jun. 30, 2011 11:44 am5311d ago
To all who enjoyed Keith Olbermann when on MSNBC: For those who can get channel 358 on DirecTV – look …
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Letters to the Editor Jun. 30, 2011 11:41 am5311d ago
Nibbling at the most vulnerable, e.g., Medicare recipients, whilst ignoring the enormity of the overall expanding health care crisis is …
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Letters to the Editor Jun. 29, 2011 11:57 am5312d ago
The recent legislative accomplishment for marriage equality in New York has me thinking of the song by the Dixie Chicks, …
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Letters to the Editor Jun. 29, 2011 11:56 am5312d ago
Once again, a letter appears in The Gazette submitted by one of our enlightened progressives from our neighboring city to …
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Letters to the Editor Jun. 29, 2011 11:48 am5312d ago
Fifty million dollars for a library is outrageous in this day of computers and communications. Now we learn that we …
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Letters to the Editor Jun. 29, 2011 11:45 am5312d ago
House Resolution 304 constitutes an attempt to legislate history and to charge Turkish people with the crime of genocide without …
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Letters to the Editor Jun. 29, 2011 11:42 am5312d ago
I am trying to understand what our children did to justify cuts in government programs that provide early childhood education. …
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Letters to the Editor Jun. 29, 2011 11:41 am5312d ago
The U.S. government has lied to the American people in saying that the efforts in Libya are purely humanitarian. Actually, …
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Letters to the Editor Jun. 29, 2011 11:33 am5312d ago
I was taken aback by the June 15 column by Jennifer Hemmingsen concerning the prospects for a charter school in …
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Letters to the Editor Jun. 29, 2011 11:30 am5312d ago
Somehow the possibilities for Iowa-China trade deals does not excite me. China always comes out the winner in our trade …
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Letters to the Editor Jun. 27, 2011 1:57 pm5314d ago
My sister, my 2-year-old son Dylan and I went to Walmart on Blairs Ferry to pick up a birthday present …
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