What is our moral obligation for the trash we make? Garbage is a strange gift we bequeath to future generations. …
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John Lawrence Hanson Letters to the Editor Jan. 1, 2023 7:00 am985d ago
What is our moral obligation for the trash we make? Garbage is a strange gift we bequeath to future generations. …
Bob Opplinger Letters to the Editor Jan. 1, 2023 7:00 am985d ago
For those who don’t know the definition of duplicitous, here it is. Ashley Hinson! Congresswomen Hinson wants to have it …
Pete Looney
Letters to the Editor Jan. 1, 2023 7:00 am985d ago
I’m glad you folks at The Gazette promote Hanukkah and Kwanzaa and Ramadan and other celebrations that are important to …
Letters to the Editor Jan. 1, 2023 7:00 am985d ago
Thank you for Kurt Ullrich’s column. And thank you, Kurt Ullrich, for what I look for each Sunday, hoping this …
Peter Hansen
Letters to the Editor Jan. 1, 2023 7:00 am985d ago
One of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s most famous speeches was his “Four Freedoms Speech” — freedom of speech, freedom of worship, …
Rex Clemmensen
Letters to the Editor Dec. 31, 2022 7:00 am986d ago
I am socially liberal and fiscally conservative. I used to respect the Republican Party even when I disagreed with their …
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Renee Schulte
Letters to the Editor Dec. 30, 2022 6:00 am987d ago
I read with astonishment Erin Murphy’s article about Iowa’s delegation of elected officials on the referrals from the Jan. 6 …
Charlene Lange
Letters to the Editor Dec. 29, 2022 10:33 am987d ago
We have all been betrayed at some point in our lives by someone. Perhaps that was a parent, sibling, teacher, …
Jane Shuttleworth
Letters to the Editor Dec. 28, 2022 6:00 am989d ago
Were it so simple the Biden administration is at fault for the crisis at the U.S./Mexico border and that a …
Tom Mohan
Letters to the Editor Dec. 27, 2022 6:00 am990d ago
During this holiday season of hope I’m very grateful for the courageous work of my Linn County neighbors who consistently …
Tom Persoon
Letters to the Editor Dec. 27, 2022 6:00 am990d ago
Quoting Cal Thomas: “If you like cream in your coffee …. Keep pouring after you have reached what you would …
Joe Bolkcom
Letters to the Editor Dec. 26, 2022 6:00 am991d ago
The toxic fire, explosion and the hospitalization of 10-15 workers at C6-Zero in Marengo was a preventable disaster. That is …
Letters to the Editor Dec. 25, 2022 9:09 am991d ago
Shame on Sens. Chuck Grassley and Mitch McConnell for not voting for legislation funding an Afghanistan refugee support bill that …
Letters to the Editor Dec. 25, 2022 9:09 am991d ago
Kirk Ferentz’s staff announced recently that freshman quarterback Joe Labas would be the starter for the Hawkeyes’ in their bowl …
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