The recent events in Arizona certainly qualify as a national tragedy. U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, according to those who knew …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Jan. 22, 2011 8:01 am5471d ago
The recent events in Arizona certainly qualify as a national tragedy. U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, according to those who knew …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Jan. 21, 2011 8:00 am5472d ago
The local-option sales tax was passed for five years to be used for property tax relief and for the acquisition …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 21, 2011 7:59 am5472d ago
This year, Discovery Living Inc., a local non-profit organization providing residential support to people with intellectual disabilities, will mark its …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 21, 2011 7:56 am5472d ago
I have seen reference to an “evolving standard” used by the justices of the Iowa Supreme court in their decision …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 21, 2011 7:55 am5472d ago
To the two black men who cursed my wife at the stop sign at 13th and High Street in Keokuk …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 21, 2011 7:54 am5472d ago
Regarding the Jan. 9 letter of Ryan Ekland about Michael Vick: I am a dog owner and a dog lover. …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 20, 2011 11:31 am5473d ago
I was disturbed by the Jan. 14 article in which Gail Agrawal, recently appointed dean of the University of Iowa …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 20, 2011 11:30 am5473d ago
I had the distinct pleasure of attending the friends and family final dress rehearsal for “Tosca” (Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre) …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 20, 2011 11:29 am5473d ago
Unfortunately for the apparently psychotic perpetrator and others in the recent Arizona killing spree, isolating possible mutant genes and curing …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 20, 2011 11:28 am5473d ago
It is unlikely that a direct line between any particular political message or commentator and the deranged shooting in Tucson …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 20, 2011 10:01 am5473d ago
The Cedar Rapids Historic Preservation Commission is wise to ask Mercy Medical Center how many parking lots are enough. In …
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Staff Editorials Jan. 19, 2011 11:11 pm5474d ago
By The Gazette Editorial Board — State legislator Dave Tjepkes, a retired Iowa State Patrol trooper, says he’s concerned that …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 19, 2011 3:28 pm5474d ago
Thank you for your Jan. 5 article promoting family and consumer science, entitled “Don’t call it home ec: Learn the …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 19, 2011 9:44 am5474d ago
Gov. Terry Branstad said we have too much government. Will Branstad get rid of meat inspectors, egg inspectors, the police? …
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