The Gazette recently carried the first salvo in the U.S. government’s latest demonization campaign. The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), …
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The Gazette recently carried the first salvo in the U.S. government’s latest demonization campaign. The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), …
My 13-year-old granddaughter was brutally assaulted and injured by a teenage thug at the St. Jude’s Sweet Corn Festival for …
I was saddened by Leonard Pitts Jr.’s Aug. 8 column. First, by the truth Mr. Pitts reminded us of – …
Why does Chuck Grassley mention accountability and transparency in his Aug. 8 guest column? He fails to mention his extensive …
We are permanent residents of Iowa who have lived on Lake Delhi for 17 years. Before that, we owned a …
When free trade proponents sold the American people on the idea of the North American Free Trade Agreement, they promised …
We build in the flood plain because the land is perceived as cheap, but is it? Recently, Cedar Rapids city …
In response to the Aug. 5 article titled “Instructor recalled as affectionate, generous” by Diane Heldt: Sadly, I missed the …
A catastrophic chain of events culminated in the dam failure and draining of Lake Delhi. Fifteen inches of rain in …
It appears that our city is working at cross purposes with the (Physicians’ Clinic of Iowa) medical mall. The city …
As I took a few minutes out of my busy schedule and watched a little of the noon news the …
The traffic study that was taken for Physicians’ Clinic of Iowa (proposed medical mall) is flawed in its assessment of …
It is about more than closing a street. The medical mall proposal means Physicians’ Clinic of Iowa expects the citizens …
I don’t support closure of Second Avenue for development of a medical mall. I don’t accept the argument that this …
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