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Stephanie Boesenberg Letters to the Editor Nov. 12, 2025 5:33 pm94d ago
It’s always encouraging to see our community invest in recovery and behavioral health services. Every step forward helps more individuals …
Cathy Meyer Letters to the Editor Nov. 11, 2025 6:00 am95d ago
I’ve spent much of my life in classrooms, and for the past 10 years I’ve been advocating for early childhood …
Anne Salamon
Letters to the Editor Nov. 10, 2025 6:00 am96d ago
I find it disingenuous of the Iowa Republican congressional delegation to blame Democrats on threats to essential services to Iowans. …
Carl Stieglitz
Letters to the Editor Nov. 10, 2025 6:00 am96d ago
Well our governor’s legacy will be an embarrassment to Iowans. Kim Reynolds has caused untold grief in Iowa raging from …
Suzanne Renner
Letters to the Editor Nov. 9, 2025 6:00 am97d ago
Althea Cole’s Sunday post-event analysis of the Cedar Rapids “No Kings” rally on Oct. 18, was salt rubbed into the …
Daniel McGrail
Letters to the Editor Nov. 9, 2025 6:00 am97d ago
The adoption by the Cedar Rapids Police Department of automatic license plate readers is really no different from the facial …
Wilma Rettig
Letters to the Editor Nov. 9, 2025 6:00 am97d ago
Both parties are blaming the other for the shutdown and neither side is willing to budge for fear of being called …
Russ Lenth
Letters to the Editor Nov. 9, 2025 6:00 am97d ago
I recently wrote to Sen. Chuck Grassley expressing my dismay that the current president is using the machinery of government …
Frank Garfield
Letters to the Editor Nov. 9, 2025 6:00 am97d ago
First, there were — and still are — protests against ICE. Sure, nobody loves the idea of federal agents rounding …
Mark Zaiger
Letters to the Editor Nov. 8, 2025 6:00 am98d ago
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird took a shockingly unAmerican action showing complete contempt for the clear language of the United …
Elaine St Clair
Letters to the Editor Nov. 7, 2025 12:16 pm99d ago
A definition of a consumer economy is an economic system where most growth is driven by consumer spending on goods and …
David Sidwell
Letters to the Editor Nov. 6, 2025 6:00 am100d ago
On a crisp autumn morning in the USA, I woke up to the sound of the news playing softly in …
Sheri Albrecht
Letters to the Editor Nov. 5, 2025 8:53 am101d ago
In her Oct. 26 column, Althea Cole characterized the Oct. 18 No Kings protest in Cedar Rapids as “underwhelming.” So …
Ted Wernimont
Letters to the Editor Nov. 4, 2025 8:09 am102d ago
Nobody’s perfect but, personally, I have watched The Gazette evolve from a quite conservative newspaper 25 years ago to an …
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