According to Jonah Goldberg (Feb. 28 column), public-sector unions have to go. Teachers, firefighters, law enforcement officers, social service providers, …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Mar. 4, 2011 11:11 am5324d ago
According to Jonah Goldberg (Feb. 28 column), public-sector unions have to go. Teachers, firefighters, law enforcement officers, social service providers, …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Mar. 4, 2011 11:10 am5324d ago
I applaud the Feb. 4 letter (Ann Kinney Long) regarding non-recognition of the American Indians. It’s very sad and disillusioning …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 4, 2011 11:09 am5324d ago
Just more than two years ago, the press reported that Joe Biden was added to the Barack Obama team because …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 3, 2011 10:19 am5325d ago
How many armed robbers when walking to a business to rob will turn and walk away because they saw a …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 3, 2011 10:18 am5325d ago
I have great respect for the Cedar Rapids Police Department and the difficult job they do. However, why in the …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 3, 2011 10:18 am5325d ago
Recently I have read much about traumatic brain injuries. These injuries demand quick action. Four years ago, I was with …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 3, 2011 10:16 am5325d ago
Was the one-time “help your neighbor” 1 percent local-option sales tax a Trojan horse? We aren’t even halfway through the …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 2, 2011 11:23 am5326d ago
I see that the news of Gov. Terry Branstad making his appointments to the Iowa Supreme Court was buried on …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 2, 2011 11:22 am5326d ago
I was dismayed at your choice of the cartoon on the Feb. 24 Opinion page, showing two masked thugs putting …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 2, 2011 11:18 am5326d ago
I laughed out loud while reading that George W. Bush would not visit Denver for the Global Leadership Summit because …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 2, 2011 11:16 am5326d ago
My question to Mauryne Simeons (“U.S. has given enough to American Indians,” Feb. 18): “What do you consider is enough?” …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 2, 2011 11:15 am5326d ago
A bad tree cannot produce good fruit. Democrats show their true colors when they are out of power. They run …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 2, 2011 11:14 am5326d ago
To state Rep. Scott Raecker, R-Urbandale (who proposed selling the University of Iowa’s “Mural” painting): I suggest that the Capitol …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 2, 2011 11:14 am5326d ago
While I agree that the defense budget should be scrutinized and prudent reductions made, the assertion that it “is being …
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