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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Mar. 4, 2010 11:58 pm5691d ago
Recently, our government announced plans to build a new $1 billion embassy in London. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Mar. 4, 2010 11:52 pm5691d ago
Famed hotel magnate Leona Helmsley once said: “We (the rich) don’t pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes.” Sadly, …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 4, 2010 11:51 pm5691d ago
Can anybody give local fishermen one legitimate reason why Lake Macbride continues to have an unfair 9.9 maximum horsepower regulation …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 4, 2010 11:50 pm5691d ago
Every member of Congress receives publicly funded health care, even those who are adamantly opposed to the idea that it …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 4, 2010 11:40 pm5691d ago
School boards across Iowa are working on improvement plans in preparation for qualifying for Rush to the Top funds from …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 4, 2010 11:01 pm5691d ago
The writer of the Feb. 27 letter titled “President can’t enforce his will on the people” said that the American …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 3, 2010 11:55 pm5692d ago
Welcome back to downtown, Theatre Cedar Rapids! However, two Cedar Rapids police officers did not make me feel as welcome …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 3, 2010 11:54 pm5692d ago
In the Bible, we have the story of Esther, who, more than 300 years before Christ, saved the world from …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 3, 2010 11:53 pm5692d ago
During the 2009 session, the Democratically led Iowa Legislature passed an act (after much encouragement from the Environmental Protection Agency) …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 3, 2010 11:52 pm5692d ago
Bob Russell’s Feb. 11 letter asked for support of continued community water fluoridation, and we wish to add our support …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 3, 2010 11:51 pm5692d ago
Treasury and federal bailout actions of institutions “too big to fail” contravened capitalist dogma of free markets. We stand in …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 3, 2010 11:44 pm5692d ago
Why can’t our 535 politicians fix our Social Security system? Why can’t our 535 politicians fix our complicated tax code? …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 3, 2010 11:40 pm5692d ago
There is a lot of controversy over intelligent design and the theory of evolution. I believe that a third concept …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 2, 2010 11:56 pm5693d ago
When I was in college in Indiana in the late 1970s, the drinking age in Indiana was 21. The drinking …
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