Last month, Benlysta became the first treatment approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for lupus in more than …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Apr. 4, 2011 12:24 pm5293d ago
Last month, Benlysta became the first treatment approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for lupus in more than …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Apr. 4, 2011 12:19 pm5293d ago
It seems as though our City Council members are drunk with power. It’s high time to send them to extortion …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 3, 2011 10:58 am5294d ago
Recent accolades about the civic accomplishments of (former mayor) Don Canney have omitted his outstanding support of parks, trees, flood …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 3, 2011 10:56 am5294d ago
The idea of even considering building nuclear power plants in Iowa (or anywhere else) is abhorrent to me. Bill Fehrman’s …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 3, 2011 10:54 am5294d ago
First they came after same-sex marriage, then working families, and now women. It has become clear that the Iowa House …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 3, 2011 10:49 am5294d ago
Why doesn’t Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, and the rest of his congressional cronies lead the way in budget belt-tightening by …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 3, 2011 10:44 am5294d ago
Congress needs to restrict and control the Environmental Protection Agency, which has caused us to lose many energy sources with …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 2, 2011 10:44 am5295d ago
I am disgusted at the way our legislators in Des Moines rammed through unpopular legislation to establish a mourning dove …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 2, 2011 10:42 am5295d ago
Are there so many mourning doves that state Sen. Dick Dearden feels they are a threat, or does he just …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 2, 2011 10:40 am5295d ago
Regarding Richard Hobbs’ March 16 letter: He states that “a lot of criminals aren’t nearly as brave when they don’t …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 2, 2011 10:31 am5295d ago
There seems to be a negative and a positive to every question, to every proposal, Now, I know that some …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 2, 2011 10:28 am5295d ago
I’m writing in response to people’s complaints about the red lights and fighting the unjust seat belt laws and not …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 2, 2011 10:28 am5295d ago
When I was in high school, I attended a Cedar Rapids City Council meeting at which some people spoke out …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 2, 2011 10:24 am5295d ago
If you want to see the direction Obama is leading the country, run, not walk, to the nearest library or …
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