With the Republican Party in a nationwide full-court press trying to end abortion, it struck me that there is a …
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Anthony Miell Opinion Sep. 17, 2021 4:03 pm1457d ago
With the Republican Party in a nationwide full-court press trying to end abortion, it struck me that there is a …
Erika Kearney Opinion Sep. 17, 2021 4:03 pm1457d ago
I’m a 49-year old white female and recently moved to Cedar Rapids about four years ago with my husband. My …
State Rep. Bubba Sorensen
Opinion Sep. 17, 2021 4:03 pm1457d ago
Last week I attended Sen. Chuck Grassley‘s 99th county meeting for the 41st year in a row. It was an …
Janet Hixson
Opinion Sep. 17, 2021 4:02 pm1457d ago
Sen. Joni Ernst recently responded to President Joe Biden’s new requirements for vaccination and testing mandates as “diverting attention away …
Patrick Muller
Opinion Sep. 17, 2021 4:01 pm1457d ago
On the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 al-Qaida attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C. and of the …
Agshin Taghiyev
Opinion Sep. 17, 2021 4:01 pm1457d ago
Sept. 11 was one of the darkest pages of our history. Just within a few hours and at four locations, …
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Kevin Wymore
Opinion Sep. 17, 2021 4:01 pm1457d ago
Cedar Rapids residents should immediately demand no changes to the school-based police deployment in the public schools. The common good, …
Thomas Cook
Opinion Sep. 17, 2021 3:58 pm1457d ago
I couldn’t believe it when I read that Mariannette Miller-Meeks, my representative in Congress, retweeted the fake news article “Biden …
Mark Havlicek
Opinion Sep. 16, 2021 4:47 pm1458d ago
I love Iowa pork, but I hate Washington pork. At a time when our country is fighting so hard to …
Aaron Rivera
Opinion Sep. 15, 2021 3:49 pm1459d ago
Self delusion is an amazing thing to behold! Three examples … 1. President Biden said his Afghanistan exit was an …
Pat Minor
Opinion Sep. 15, 2021 3:48 pm1459d ago
Gaza is a small sliver of land between Israel and the Mediterranean Sea, with a tiny slice of land bordering …
Cassidy Walter
Opinion Sep. 14, 2021 2:50 pm1460d ago
Just as we know it won’t be long before Iowa weather changes, we can always count on it not being …
Ed Flaherty
Opinion Sep. 12, 2021 6:00 am1462d ago
The images of Sept. 11, 2001 are etched in our minds. But we need to be more concerned with what …
Lowell Rutz
Opinion Sep. 10, 2021 5:37 pm1463d ago
A recent letter criticized the appearance of front yards of a number of homes in Cedar Rapids. I plead guilty! …
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