Because of endless compromises, President Obama’s health care reform now falls far short of perfect, but it must be passed …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Dec. 25, 2009 11:33 pm5760d ago
Because of endless compromises, President Obama’s health care reform now falls far short of perfect, but it must be passed …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Dec. 24, 2009 11:35 pm5761d ago
I appreciate that Marty Sixt’s accomplishments including founding two companies, but he is no economist. In his Dec. 21 guest …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 24, 2009 11:34 pm5761d ago
I implore the guest columnist on Dec. 19, and others of like mindset to re-examine the often-stated, undisputable facts of …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 24, 2009 11:32 pm5761d ago
Recently, a man in Iowa County shot and killed a mountain lion. This magnificent animal was positioned on a tree …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 24, 2009 11:30 pm5761d ago
The Dec. 13 guest column, “Nuclear power not solution to global warming,” is a thoughtless, undocumented attack on nuclear power. …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 23, 2009 11:26 pm5762d ago
Recently, we have been subjected to the dire warning crawling across the bottom of our television screen informing us of …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 23, 2009 11:23 pm5762d ago
Orlan Love’s Dec. 20 front page article revealing why Iowa’s pheasant population crashed has significance for non-hunters. Pheasants are a …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 23, 2009 11:21 pm5762d ago
In recent news stories, power plants that exceed 50 years old are characterized as bad, based solely on their age. …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 23, 2009 11:20 pm5762d ago
On Dec. 11, I attended the Starlighters production of “White Christmas” so I decided the next night I would rent …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 23, 2009 11:18 pm5762d ago
It was with sadness that I read of the killing of a mountain lion in Iowa County. The brave exploit, …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 22, 2009 11:57 pm5763d ago
The Tiger Woods story has been the No. 1 story in the nation and around the world. New allegations about …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 22, 2009 11:04 pm5763d ago
I believe that the Dec. 17 editorial cartoon was misleading and unfair. It showed President Obama, with a shovel, digging …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 22, 2009 11:03 pm5763d ago
The president just agreed to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan. As we all sit at home this holiday season, …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 22, 2009 11:00 pm5763d ago
Some of our Johnson County officials seem to have forgotten that they work for us, it’s not the other way …
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