What is the big hurry on this abortion ban? How much has this rushed special session to vote on one …
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Karen Carlton Letters to the Editor Jul. 16, 2023 6:00 am885d ago
What is the big hurry on this abortion ban? How much has this rushed special session to vote on one …
Steve Barry Letters to the Editor Jul. 16, 2023 6:00 am885d ago
Student loan forgiveness (SLF) and Education Savings Accounts (ESA) are the same. They both take taxpayer’s public money to be …
Jay Kacena
Letters to the Editor Jul. 16, 2023 6:00 am885d ago
I appreciated the balanced and encouraging piece by Althea Cole regarding the prospects of consensus on abortion policy in the …
Larry Stone
Letters to the Editor Jul. 15, 2023 10:00 pm886d ago
The Iowa Science Board noted the failures of Iowa’s Nutrient Reduction Strategy to improve Iowa’s water (“Numbers Matter for Iowa’s …
Lloyd Holecek
Letters to the Editor Jul. 15, 2023 10:00 pm886d ago
Operators like Warren Buffett can take some of their companies into bankruptcy and discharge debt using several bankruptcy laws available …
Ron and Joan Lenardson
Letters to the Editor Jul. 13, 2023 1:50 pm888d ago
An interesting and well-written article about how Cedar Rapids handles their Goose problem appeared in the Monday Gazette. (June 26, …
Kathleen Van Steenhuyse
Letters to the Editor Jul. 13, 2023 1:49 pm888d ago
The “new” director of the Iowa Department of Education, Chad Aldis, did not last three months. He resigned last Friday, …
Dorothy Sloma
Letters to the Editor Jul. 13, 2023 1:49 pm888d ago
After only eight weeks on the job, Erik Helland, Gov. Kim Reynold’s newly appointed chairman of the Iowa Utilities Board, …
David Sheets
Letters to the Editor Jul. 13, 2023 1:49 pm888d ago
As I look out into a hazy, smoke-filled Iowa summer day, I read some are blaming the Canadian wildfires on …
Jeff Klinzman
Letters to the Editor Jul. 13, 2023 1:48 pm888d ago
My “unyielding voice” which defends abortion rights is based on two principles which cannot be compromised. The decision to terminate …
Fred Hubler
Letters to the Editor Jul. 13, 2023 1:48 pm888d ago
Despite massive tax credits, industrial wind and solar always increases electricity rates. The wind and sun are not free if …
Steven Patton
Letters to the Editor Jul. 13, 2023 1:47 pm888d ago
I grew up watching Warner Bros. cartoons. I still do. In 1955, Bugs and Elmer were great in a cartoon …
Shirley Burnett
Letters to the Editor Jul. 13, 2023 1:47 pm888d ago
It would seem some justices at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. no longer have the best interests of the …
Joel Snell
Letters to the Editor Jul. 13, 2023 1:46 pm888d ago
What would happen if we moved to an authoritarian government? In teaching “Public Opinion and Propaganda” at a college west …
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