Letters to the Editor

During the campaign, Terry Branstad vowed to deregulate corporate agriculture. Such a move would benefit only the factory farm industry. …

I burn biomass that grows all around us and would rot into greenhouse gases anyway without extracting its heat in …

Federal reserve monetary policies of easy money were the principal cause of speculative bubbles in the Internet, real estate, commodities, …

Linn County Health Department spending a $2 million grant to hire people to find a way to get smokers from …

Congressman Dave Loebsack’s first post-election vote was to vote for Nancy Pelosi as House Minority Leader, rather than Dan Boren, …

The Nov. 18 articles about Newt Gingrich’s visit poorly represented his visit. Did you know that Mr. Gingrich, during a …

To the person who wrote it won’t help taxing the rich (Thursday letter, James Iverson). Wrong. I get my information …

National Public Radio’s knee-jerk reaction of firing Juan Williams over his comments was a mistake. But it was only one …

I would like to commend the Cedar Rapids mayor, city council, police department and yard waste crew for making our …

Your Nov. 16 article (“Harkin ready to fight for health care”) was quite encouraging. He will be attempting to guard …

I just read Elizabeth Matus’s Monday column regarding Iowa and its Supreme Court judges. As a federal civil servant who …

President Obama needs to bring in Howard Dean to ramrod these new and improved health care provisions through the lame-duck …