What role does a grandmother play in a grandchild’s life? First and foremost, we are the provider of unconditional love …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor May. 6, 2011 10:33 am5261d ago
What role does a grandmother play in a grandchild’s life? First and foremost, we are the provider of unconditional love …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor May. 6, 2011 10:31 am5261d ago
I empathize with Prof. Ellen Lewin for telling the University of Iowa College Republicans where to go. They claim that …
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Letters to the Editor May. 5, 2011 12:11 pm5262d ago
The health care law establishes an ACO – Accountable Care Organization – for Medicare patients. The regulations have just been …
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Letters to the Editor May. 5, 2011 12:10 pm5262d ago
The only person stealing your Medicare, liberty and personal freedom is President Barack Obama. Recently, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., proposed …
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Letters to the Editor May. 5, 2011 12:02 pm5262d ago
Once again, the taxpayers/voters have spoken. Stop taxing/spending, elected officials. Yet, we have the mayor of Marion saying we are …
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Letters to the Editor May. 5, 2011 12:01 pm5262d ago
Where were all the people from We Can Do Better CR when all of the plans for the local-option sales …
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Letters to the Editor May. 4, 2011 12:28 pm5263d ago
If a factory farm wants to build in your community, pollute your air and water and lower the value of …
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Letters to the Editor May. 4, 2011 12:27 pm5263d ago
When I see the cost of gas skyrocketing, and then go to a gas station with E85 and see how …
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Letters to the Editor May. 4, 2011 12:26 pm5263d ago
Why don’t you tell the truth about monocrop agriculture? Since the 1950s, the average corn yield has about tripled. The …
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Letters to the Editor May. 4, 2011 12:23 pm5263d ago
In the two-plus years that President Barack Obama has been in office, the price of gasoline has more than doubled. …
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Letters to the Editor May. 4, 2011 12:17 pm5263d ago
May is Senior Hunger Month. There are thousands of food deficits for seniors in east-central Iowa. They are in our …
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Letters to the Editor May. 4, 2011 12:17 pm5263d ago
I really appreciated the April 27 article about Andrew Samuelson. Much like his heart defects caught his parents by surprise, …
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Letters to the Editor May. 4, 2011 12:15 pm5263d ago
The greatness of America rests not on our wealth or power, but solely on our adherence to our own principles …
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Letters to the Editor May. 3, 2011 6:00 pm5263d ago
When did the Republican Party become the party of Christians, God and/or all things wholesome? Many leaders of the Republican …
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