Shame on Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, for his letter refuting a reader’s criticism of the senator’s scare tactics leading up …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Apr. 18, 2010 12:49 am5752d ago
Shame on Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, for his letter refuting a reader’s criticism of the senator’s scare tactics leading up …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Apr. 18, 2010 12:48 am5752d ago
Recently Medicare and the official U.S. government site for people with Medicare have initiated a star rating system for evaluating …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 18, 2010 12:44 am5752d ago
I am a member of the Farm Bureau but have never understood the organization’s overt bias against non-conforming agriculture. Linn …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 18, 2010 12:37 am5752d ago
Despite his protestations to the contrary, our president loves big federal government. A federal government that has its heavy bureaucratic …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 18, 2010 12:36 am5752d ago
Does anyone else see the irony? The same people who have accused our president of being a mobster and a …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 18, 2010 12:35 am5752d ago
I am writing in response to the April 10 letter from John McWilliams of Mount Vernon concerning the involvement of …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 18, 2010 12:34 am5752d ago
I commend reporter Adam Belz for his April 11 article in which he openly laid out a major concern for …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 17, 2010 12:50 am5753d ago
Regarding the April 12 front-page article titled “Have insurance from work? Change coming there, too”: It asks “Will my employer …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 17, 2010 12:40 am5753d ago
Thank you to Jim Prosser for all of his hours of hard work as city manager since he arrived in …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 17, 2010 12:39 am5753d ago
Many Americans would be surprised to learn their tax dollars fund the insurgents fighting against U.S. soldiers. In Afghanistan, hundreds …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 17, 2010 12:38 am5753d ago
I received a notice in the mail stating that the automatic red light enforcement program violation had been served. After …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 17, 2010 12:37 am5753d ago
I want to thank Leonard Pitts for his April 11 column on the renegade Baptist church (Westboro Baptist, Topeka, Kan.) …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 17, 2010 12:34 am5753d ago
Picture this: beautiful, late-spring or early summer day; sun shining, gentle breeze blowing; you invite friends over for a cookout. …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 16, 2010 12:28 am5754d ago
I disagree with Charles Krauthammer’s April 11 article, “Nuclear postering Obama-style.” Krauthammer must be ignorant, dishonest or a fearmonger (or …
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