In the May 30 edition, The Gazette’s editorial board told us that Donald Trump’s complaints about the 2020 election are …
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Bob Wiley Opinion Jun. 7, 2021 2:54 pm1657d ago
In the May 30 edition, The Gazette’s editorial board told us that Donald Trump’s complaints about the 2020 election are …
Bob Hartzler Opinion Jun. 7, 2021 2:51 pm1657d ago
Every day we hear of another gun wounding or killing people in the U.S. Why don’t we treat firearms like …
Gary Sanders
Opinion Jun. 7, 2021 2:51 pm1657d ago
“Mental health care funding has a bumpy road ahead.” That was the headline over The Gazette’s May 30 story on …
Brian Voss
Opinion Jun. 7, 2021 2:50 pm1657d ago
A hundred years ago on Memorial Day weekend a race massacre in Tulsa, Okla., took the lives of hundreds of …
Kevin Link
Opinion Jun. 7, 2021 2:50 pm1657d ago
I am sure I am not alone in growing weary of the constant we vs. them mentality that has permeated …
Palmer Holden
Opinion Jun. 7, 2021 2:50 pm1657d ago
Unless I start seeing similar anti-Joe Biden and Kamala Harris opinion in similar numbers I will drop my Gazette subscription …
Marilyn L Pleiness
Opinion Jun. 3, 2021 3:36 pm1661d ago
I can hardly believe what I am seeing on Sixth Street SW. To my chagrin, I have found the street …
Joan Thorson
Opinion May. 28, 2021 3:32 pm1667d ago
Sen. Chuck Grassley and Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks have taken opposite positions on the bill to establish a 10-member, bipartisan commission …
Maureen Vasile
Opinion May. 28, 2021 3:20 pm1667d ago
The time is right now for Johnson County Supervisors and Iowa City Council members to actually discuss with community members …
Margaret Bartlett
Opinion May. 28, 2021 3:19 pm1667d ago
Congress should pass a law prohibiting actions such as are going on in Arizona in regard to the 2020 election. …
Cathy Grawe
Opinion May. 28, 2021 3:17 pm1667d ago
Have you ever noticed how some people in government make spending decisions as if it were their own money, studying …
James Pruitt
Opinion May. 28, 2021 3:14 pm1667d ago
Gov. Kim Reynolds has proudly signed a bill banning mask mandates (such at those at schools), boasting “I am proud …
Amber Gale
Opinion May. 27, 2021 4:41 pm1668d ago
Recently, I made a trip to a small town gas station. I wore my mask. Nobody said anything, but you …
Dan Kauble
Opinion May. 26, 2021 4:56 pm1669d ago
In a recent op-ed, Iowa City Council member Susan Mims bashed fellow member Laura Bergus for suggesting that police abolition …
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