When you break a law and you get caught, you get penalized. This is the way it works in America. …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Nov. 19, 2010 12:47 pm5430d ago
When you break a law and you get caught, you get penalized. This is the way it works in America. …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Nov. 19, 2010 12:46 pm5430d ago
I suspect that every person in Eastern Iowa was walking around this week with a chest that is a bit …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 18, 2010 12:49 pm5431d ago
Do you like to go for a walk on a sunny Sunday morning and see trash blowing around? I don’t. …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 18, 2010 12:48 pm5431d ago
I am trying to absorb the idea that a business can refuse to accept certain “Federal Reserve note” denominations when …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 18, 2010 12:47 pm5431d ago
After Republican successes Nov. 2, I decided to become educated on what they want Iowa’s future to be. So I …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 18, 2010 12:46 pm5431d ago
Maybe the football coach at the University of Iowa with his $40 million contract for the next 10 years has …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 18, 2010 12:45 pm5431d ago
Political campaigns across Iowa reported record campaign contributions again this year. Of course, we know that most of this money …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 17, 2010 1:02 pm5432d ago
Scott Burns’ Sunday column put the national debt in perspective. Using the Forbes 400 list of wealthiest people and taking …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 17, 2010 1:01 pm5432d ago
A homosexual gene has not been found. However even if it is true that homosexuality is a genetic trait, does …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 17, 2010 1:00 pm5432d ago
The resurgence of the “B” word (“Bohemie”0 in Cedar Rapids, which coincides with the re-branding of the Third Street SE …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 17, 2010 12:59 pm5432d ago
United we stand. Divided we fall. These were the Founding Fathers’ words regarding the initial threat to our country’s solvency. …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 17, 2010 12:57 pm5432d ago
November is Hospice Awareness Month and I am grateful for a couple of local organizations that help families like mine …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 17, 2010 12:55 pm5432d ago
I’m proud to be a liberal! I opposed President Bush’s war in Afghanistan and Iraq. What an abuse of this …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 17, 2010 12:54 pm5432d ago
Reports tell us that Sen. Mitch McConnell has made it his ultimate goal to “see that President Obama is a …
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