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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor May. 4, 2010 12:41 am5630d ago
The whole reason why all Cedar Rapids downtown avenues were cleared by the early 1960s City Council is so there …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor May. 4, 2010 12:40 am5630d ago
Regarding the April 30 letter “Right-wing circus could use humility, honesty”: If the writer could describe President Barack Obama as …
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Letters to the Editor May. 4, 2010 12:39 am5630d ago
Hey, Iowa congressional delegation, where are you? I’ve been reading our newspapers, listening to radio news and watching TV for …
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Letters to the Editor May. 4, 2010 12:39 am5630d ago
The Fourth Amendment of the Constitution reads as follows, “The right of the people to be secure in their people, …
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Letters to the Editor May. 4, 2010 12:37 am5630d ago
I object to the April 16 front-page story “God only knows?” on the grounds that it was sensational, incomplete and …
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Letters to the Editor May. 3, 2010 12:33 am5631d ago
Childhood obesity continues to be a growing epidemic that has numerous ramifications on our country. A recent report regarding national …
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Letters to the Editor May. 3, 2010 12:32 am5631d ago
After the air we depend on for breathing, water is our next most precious resource. Every day we all use …
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Letters to the Editor May. 3, 2010 12:31 am5631d ago
Thank you, Congressman Dave Loebsack, for standing up to talk radio host Glenn Beck, who recently referred to the federal …
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Letters to the Editor May. 3, 2010 12:24 am5631d ago
Well, Congress, what about our national debt? Do you have a plan to restore fiscal responsibility to our country and …
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Letters to the Editor May. 3, 2010 12:23 am5631d ago
Term limits? Why not? The number of terms the president of the United States may serve is limited, so why …
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Letters to the Editor May. 2, 2010 12:55 am5632d ago
The present Republican Party is a disgrace and a very real danger to our nation and the welfare of its …
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Letters to the Editor May. 2, 2010 12:52 am5632d ago
I am reluctant to express my judgment on the U.S. government’s raid on the Postville kosher meat processing plant and …
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Letters to the Editor May. 1, 2010 12:56 am5633d ago
Regarding the April 25 and April 18 Leonard Pitts columns: It’s well into the second year of the new administration …
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Letters to the Editor May. 1, 2010 12:46 am5633d ago
There is a lot of rhetoric and obfuscation out there as to how to go about regulating “too big to …
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