While visiting a relative in Florida recently, I had a chance to see the movie “Cedar Rapids.” To say I …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Apr. 7, 2011 12:05 pm5290d ago
While visiting a relative in Florida recently, I had a chance to see the movie “Cedar Rapids.” To say I …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Apr. 7, 2011 12:01 pm5290d ago
The home school-taught driver’s education bill is a step backward to the 1930s and ’40s. State laws were minimal and …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 7, 2011 12:00 pm5290d ago
Contrary to their promises to concentrate on the economy in the new session, Republicans in the Iowa Legislature are instead …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 7, 2011 11:58 am5290d ago
A black and white video on television now shows the Chinese celebrating in the future their dominance over the United …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 6, 2011 11:58 am5291d ago
In response to the March 22 letter “Republicans gain from corporate tax cuts,” the letter writer parrots liberal opinion regarding …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 6, 2011 11:57 am5291d ago
Despite all the hype about the city wanting a vibrant downtown, when you work downtown, you are treated like a …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 6, 2011 11:50 am5291d ago
In a recent Gazette article, Gov. Terry Branstad’s spokesman, Tim Albrecht, said that moving part of Iowa’s Section 319 program …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 5, 2011 4:57 pm5292d ago
Iowa has a century-long tradition of protecting doves, a symbol of peace. A big rose to state senators in Cedar …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 5, 2011 4:49 pm5292d ago
Islamic law proposal would hurt all religions All across the Muslim world, stretching from northern Africa through the Middle East …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 5, 2011 4:47 pm5292d ago
One thing I don’t see in the home-school driver’s education issue is the fact that, we, the driver’s education instructors, …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 5, 2011 4:46 pm5292d ago
Shoot the messenger. That’s the solution advocated by the bipartisan vote for Iowa House File 589 that is being considered …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 5, 2011 4:44 pm5292d ago
Jack Welch, the man who turned General Electric around, has a piece of advice that rings especially true these days: …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 4, 2011 12:29 pm5293d ago
In our capitalist society, you can always count on the wealthy to do whatever will put more money in their …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 4, 2011 12:27 pm5293d ago
I spent the evening of Sept. 11, 2001, listening to National Public Radio (NPR). The television was repeatedly showing airplanes …
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