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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Nov. 7, 2009 11:08 pm5809d ago
Thank you for the new way of picking up leaves. Other years, parking was a nightmare because of piles of …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Nov. 7, 2009 11:06 pm5809d ago
Several problems persist making a return to U.S. prosperity problematic. Fully two-thirds of GDP is consumer spending. To be robust, …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 7, 2009 11:05 pm5809d ago
I wonder why hatcheries don’t find a way to give unwanted male chicks away instead of grinding them up? I …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 7, 2009 11:04 pm5809d ago
Sen. Chuck Grassley is working hard to kill the health care bill to make sure the health insurance companies can …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 6, 2009 11:34 pm5810d ago
As an American and a World War II veteran, I am extremely concerned about what is going on in our …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 6, 2009 11:33 pm5810d ago
OK, let’s assume that in his first 10 days in office – before the Nobel nominations closed – President Barack …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 6, 2009 11:32 pm5810d ago
Opposed to universal health care? We already have it. The law states that everyone who shows up at an emergency …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 6, 2009 11:31 pm5810d ago
How many doctors make more than the president? Let them fix our health care system. Jeanne Howe Central City
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 6, 2009 11:30 pm5810d ago
It was refreshing to have discussions with my friends about the candidates for Cedar Rapids mayor and City Council and …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 6, 2009 11:29 pm5810d ago
Beginning Nov. 3, the Environmental Protection Agency again began studying the safety of the economical and reliable farm herbicide, atrazine. …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 5, 2009 11:45 pm5811d ago
I strongly disagree with The Gazette’s Oct. 30 defense of Fox News Channel (“Never stifle dissent.”). The problem with ultraconservative …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 4, 2009 11:50 pm5812d ago
Last Tuesday evening (Oct. 27), as I walked my small dog in our safe northeast-side neighborhood, she was attacked by …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 4, 2009 11:49 pm5812d ago
The truth, at best, is elusive. The facts, on the other hand, are well documented. Since 1970, alcohol has been …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 4, 2009 11:48 pm5812d ago
I am an independent who is concerned primarily about the deficit and climate change, because both involve the issue of …
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