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I am among those upset that President Barack Obama has signaled a willingness to give up the public option in …
Year after year, we fill in the potholes in our streets because the city doesn’t get it right the first …
As I prepare to step down after a term on the Cedar Rapids Community School Board, I want to thank …
To the residents of Southeast Iowa City: Thank you for coming to the neighborhood meeting at Fairmeadows Park on Aug. …
The federal government’s Car Allowance Rebate System, more popularly know as cash for clunkers, has been a victim of its …
As a former Canadian whose relatives and friends still reside there, I want to share with you a few thoughts …
Private health care should be left alone Rep. Bruce Braley, we have been trying to have rational health care conversation …
Requiring everyone to buy expensive health insurance from companies that are neither competitive nor compassionate is not my idea of …
The Aug. 13 front-page article “A debate over the role of government” by Washington Post writer Dan Balz raises an …
Shame on you, Sen. Chuck Grassley! You are up for re-election and so have been masquerading as a moderate in …
There is an old saying, “Keep it simple stupid.” The health care plans being developed, along with most everything Congress …
President Obama is frustrated that his government-run health care “change” isn’t embraced by us productive people, and all the media …
The Aug. 14 guest column (Ed Fallon) about biking on secondary roads struck a chord with me, especially since I …
Coming from 20-plus years as a registered nurse in the hospital environment, and now working in hospice, it is so …
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