I would like to commend the Cedar Rapids mayor, city council, police department and yard waste crew for making our …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Nov. 20, 2010 4:14 pm5534d ago
I would like to commend the Cedar Rapids mayor, city council, police department and yard waste crew for making our …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Nov. 19, 2010 12:51 pm5535d ago
Your Nov. 16 article (“Harkin ready to fight for health care”) was quite encouraging. He will be attempting to guard …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 19, 2010 12:50 pm5535d ago
I just read Elizabeth Matus’s Monday column regarding Iowa and its Supreme Court judges. As a federal civil servant who …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 19, 2010 12:47 pm5535d ago
President Obama needs to bring in Howard Dean to ramrod these new and improved health care provisions through the lame-duck …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 19, 2010 12:47 pm5535d ago
When you break a law and you get caught, you get penalized. This is the way it works in America. …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 19, 2010 12:46 pm5535d 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 pm5536d 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 pm5536d 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 pm5536d 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 pm5536d 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 pm5536d 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 pm5537d 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 pm5537d 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 pm5537d 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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