I just heard Sen. John Thune of South Dakota and Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana justify the continued sale of …
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Anne Treanor Letters to the Editor Jun. 15, 2022 6:00 am1343d ago
I just heard Sen. John Thune of South Dakota and Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana justify the continued sale of …
Maxine Braasch Letters to the Editor Jun. 15, 2022 5:45 am1343d ago
I live along Interstate 380 in Cedar Rapids. On occasion I drive on Highway 100 and see that there were …
Marian Torno
Letters to the Editor Jun. 13, 2022 6:15 am1345d ago
I think our country’s leaders and citizens need to think differently about solving the problem with gun violence. The mantra …
Jim Felker
Letters to the Editor Jun. 13, 2022 6:00 am1345d ago
If I’ve learned one thing these past couple of years, it’s that it’s a darn good thing we have Gov. …
Laura Myres
Letters to the Editor Jun. 13, 2022 5:30 am1345d ago
The Des Moines Register published an article June 1st stating that Iowa may see rolling blackouts this summer due to …
Jim White
Letters to the Editor Jun. 12, 2022 6:00 am1346d ago
There is a practice in business called Risk Assessment and Mitigation. It can apply to security, business processes, financial issues, …
Judy Vopava
Letters to the Editor Jun. 12, 2022 5:45 am1346d ago
Sofia DeMartino wrote an excellent column in Sunday’s editorial page (“What is it with you people and Chicago” June 5) …
Michael Fitzgerald
Letters to the Editor Jun. 12, 2022 5:30 am1346d ago
I had the opportunity to reflect on the impact a single person can make on our state as I attended …
Mike Schluckebier
Letters to the Editor Jun. 12, 2022 5:30 am1346d ago
I remember distinctly Althea Cole’s Oct. 28 column in which she laments the direct result of actions that can essentially …
Diane Duncan-Goldsmith
Letters to the Editor Jun. 12, 2022 5:15 am1346d ago
I am not certain when assuring children have easy access to healthy school meals became a partisan issue. Senate Bill …
Bu Wilson
Letters to the Editor Jun. 12, 2022 5:00 am1346d ago
I hope I’m not the only one who is appalled at reports of people traveling hundreds of miles, sometimes across …
Kevin Wymore
Letters to the Editor Jun. 11, 2022 5:30 am1347d ago
The Cedar Rapids School Board should reinstate school resource officers (police) to McKinley and Roosevelt Middle Schools, and add them …
Gary Huxford
Letters to the Editor Jun. 10, 2022 1:16 pm1348d ago
If you don’t have a seat at the negotiating table, pull up a folding chair. We came close to losing …
Charley- Thomson
Letters to the Editor Jun. 10, 2022 1:16 pm1348d ago
As the smoldering heap of wreckage from the progressive left in Washington, D.C. grows larger and more discouraging by the …
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