If the proposed health bill is so wonderful, then every member of Congress and the president should be forced to …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Aug. 27, 2009 12:34 am5882d ago
If the proposed health bill is so wonderful, then every member of Congress and the president should be forced to …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Aug. 27, 2009 12:33 am5882d ago
After attending Rep. Dave Loebsack’s town hall meeting Aug. 15, I wonder why there is fear and anger about health …
The Gazette Opinion Staff
Letters to the Editor Aug. 27, 2009 12:23 am5882d ago
In consideration of the apparent success of the recent Cash for Clunkers program and the negative effect that our economy …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 27, 2009 12:22 am5882d ago
In consideration of the apparent success of the recent Cash for Clunkers program and the negative effect that our economy …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 27, 2009 12:08 am5882d ago
A lot of us were hoping against hope that Ted Kennedy would be able to recover from his cancer. His …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 26, 2009 12:57 am5883d ago
Pass out the pitchforks. Get ready to storm City Hall, if you can find it. Jim Prosser, Tom Podzimek, Kris …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 26, 2009 12:56 am5883d ago
The House health care bill, H.R. 3200, was rushed to a vote before any member could read and understand the …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 26, 2009 12:54 am5883d ago
Listening to a radio caller insist that proposed health legislation would have him killed upset me. He’d read this on …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 26, 2009 12:53 am5883d ago
H.R. 3200 is not about health or care. It is about government deciding who lives, who dies and who gets …
Letters to the Editor Aug. 25, 2009 12:59 am5884d ago
It was refreshing and encouraging to find an important component of the health care debate, end-of-life counseling, on the front …
Letters to the Editor Aug. 25, 2009 12:09 am5884d ago
In an agricultural state like Iowa, generating electricity using animal and industrial waste seems like a logical, promising idea. Experts …
Letters to the Editor Aug. 25, 2009 12:06 am5884d ago
Regarding the Aug. 16 guest column by Dr. Brian Meeker (“Technology distracting doctors”), there are some disturbing misconceptions regarding the …
Letters to the Editor Aug. 25, 2009 12:04 am5884d ago
I find it very hard to agree with The Gazette’s headline in the Aug. 16 paper, “Victim of cop killing …
Letters to the Editor Aug. 25, 2009 12:03 am5884d ago
I have been very disappointed on how the media has viewed health care reform. When right-wing Republicans shout down Democrats, …
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