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Doug Reimer Letters to the Editor Dec. 9, 2021 4:13 pm1531d ago
These days, it feels like Congress is hanging on by a thread. The chaos and dysfunction in D.C. have reached …
Thomas Cook Letters to the Editor Dec. 8, 2021 1:00 pm1532d ago
I read with interest the article in the Dec. 6 Gazette about Sen. Chris Murphy’s continuing efforts to introduce legislation …
Barbara Eckstein
Letters to the Editor Dec. 7, 2021 4:32 pm1533d ago
I was pleased to see Bruce Bachmann’s recent letter about International Human Rights Day, Dec. 10, and his invitation to …
Richard Drake
Letters to the Editor Dec. 6, 2021 4:46 pm1534d ago
With regard to Star Parker’s Dec. 3 column, it should be known that I am not pro-abortion. However, I am …
David Weiss
Letters to the Editor Dec. 6, 2021 4:45 pm1534d ago
Violence sullied the news in Iowa last week as a couple of high school basketball players turned postgame handshakes into …
Connie Bird
Letters to the Editor Dec. 3, 2021 1:03 pm1537d ago
In response to Amy Brosh’s Nov. 21 letter regarding the perceived lack of activities for senior citizens, I beg to …
Matt Skogman
Letters to the Editor Dec. 3, 2021 1:02 pm1537d ago
As a parent of two young children with deep roots in the Cedar Rapids community, I’m so proud of the …
Emma Munson
Letters to the Editor Dec. 3, 2021 1:01 pm1537d ago
Are you part of the 55-plus community and are looking for a senior pet to retire with? You’re in luck! …
Craig Wood
Letters to the Editor Dec. 3, 2021 1:00 pm1537d ago
I was struck by two articles in The Gazette last weekend. One in Sunday’s paper was on the poem that …
Bruce R. Bachmann
Letters to the Editor Dec. 3, 2021 1:00 pm1537d ago
Cedar Rapids Public Library on Tuesday, Dec. 7, from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Barbara Stary
Letters to the Editor Dec. 3, 2021 12:58 pm1537d ago
Recently, the city and corporations listened to residents who opposed a KWIK Star at First Avenue and 19th Street NE. …
Tanya Street
Letters to the Editor Dec. 2, 2021 3:54 pm1538d ago
U.S. Rep Ashley Hinson, your vote against the Build Back Better (BBB) plan was a vote against Americans. Your vote …
Rich Patterson
Letters to the Editor Dec. 1, 2021 4:37 pm1539d ago
Izabela Zaluska’s recent article about silt filling Coralville Lake is well written and important but tells only half of the …
John Klaus
Letters to the Editor Dec. 1, 2021 4:36 pm1539d ago
I was delighted to learn from The Gazette that the governor of Iowa took time from her arduous schedule of …
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