In any debate between observable data and wishful thinking, data will win. Evidence of this: One of the major scientific …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Apr. 8, 2011 10:52 am5395d ago
In any debate between observable data and wishful thinking, data will win. Evidence of this: One of the major scientific …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Apr. 8, 2011 10:51 am5395d ago
Your April 5 editorial discusses funding for National Public Radio. You do not identify any source for your claim “In …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 8, 2011 10:51 am5395d ago
On April 4, City Council member Monica Vernon addressed a group of residents in an attempt to explain and defend …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 8, 2011 10:50 am5395d ago
Where are the liberal protesters? When George Bush was president, every day I drove past people with signs at major …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 8, 2011 10:49 am5395d ago
The best and most appropriate tribute to former mayor Don Canney would be for the present mayor and city council …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 7, 2011 12:08 pm5395d ago
Many of us in unincorporated Linn County do not like additional taxes but before anyone votes no on May 3 …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 7, 2011 12:05 pm5395d ago
While visiting a relative in Florida recently, I had a chance to see the movie “Cedar Rapids.” To say I …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 7, 2011 12:01 pm5395d 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 pm5395d 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 am5395d 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 am5396d 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 am5396d 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 am5396d 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 pm5397d 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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