Second District Republicans will be selecting their candidate to oppose Dave Loebsack in the June primary. While I am not …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor May. 14, 2010 12:02 am5726d ago
Second District Republicans will be selecting their candidate to oppose Dave Loebsack in the June primary. While I am not …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor May. 14, 2010 12:01 am5726d ago
Ginny Blair (May 8 letter), responding to Kathleen Parker’s May 5 column in favor of informing women before they have …
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Letters to the Editor May. 14, 2010 12:00 am5726d ago
Could Sen. Chuck Grassley have been any more condescending in his Monday comment regarding U.S. Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, …
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Letters to the Editor May. 13, 2010 12:08 am5727d ago
“Yes” is the right answer to David Surdam’s (May 7 guest column, titled “Who’s best at rationing health care?”) question: …
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Letters to the Editor May. 13, 2010 12:07 am5727d ago
I support John Stellmach, the progressive candidate, for Iowa House District 30 in the June 8 primary election. John is …
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Letters to the Editor May. 12, 2010 12:14 am5728d ago
I am proud to support John Stellmach in the June 8 Democratic primary race unfolding in House District 30. I …
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Letters to the Editor May. 12, 2010 12:13 am5728d ago
I hear from many people that our senators and representatives in Congress are out of touch with the people who …
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Letters to the Editor May. 12, 2010 12:11 am5728d ago
The Gazette carried an April 29 AP story (“Top court supports Mojave cross”) about the Supreme Court’s recent ruling regarding …
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Letters to the Editor May. 12, 2010 12:10 am5728d ago
As we watched the floodwaters pour into Nashville, we couldn’t help but think back over Iowa’s experience. One of the …
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Letters to the Editor May. 12, 2010 12:09 am5728d ago
Sometimes communities, just as people, can’t see the trees for the forest. All too often politics and money get in …
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Letters to the Editor May. 11, 2010 12:27 am5729d ago
Kudos to the employees of Stamats who rescued 10 ducklings from a storm drain on May 6. Apparently, mother duck …
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Letters to the Editor May. 11, 2010 12:26 am5729d ago
I have been watching with horror as one of the worst oil spills in American history continues unabated, and millions …
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Letters to the Editor May. 11, 2010 12:24 am5729d ago
So the government should endorse prayer? I wonder if all the children who needlessly suffered and died because their parents …
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Letters to the Editor May. 11, 2010 12:23 am5729d ago
Cedar Rapids is home to one of the best asphalt race tracks in the Midwest. This track has produced several …
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