After reading the article “Johnson County no longer named for slave owner” in the June 25 Gazette, I was compelled …
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William Erickson Opinion Jul. 2, 2021 4:58 pm1691d ago
After reading the article “Johnson County no longer named for slave owner” in the June 25 Gazette, I was compelled …
Charlotte Fairlie Opinion Jun. 30, 2021 4:48 pm1693d ago
Thanks to the American Rescue Plan, the Child Tax Credit has been increased, and millions of families will receive half …
Paul Deaton
Opinion Jun. 29, 2021 1:55 pm1694d ago
U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks sounds like she’s having trouble dealing with a narrow win in her 2020 election. On June …
Opinion Jun. 28, 2021 6:00 am1695d ago
Have we succumbed to a “new normal” for our sick planet? We have done that before when we faced the …
Opinion Jun. 28, 2021 5:00 am1695d ago
Pope Francis says he welcomes criticism from America. The newly appointed bishop of Joe Biden’s diocese in Delaware doesn’t know …
Opinion Jun. 27, 2021 7:15 pm1696d ago
As a cyclist, I regularly see reasons motorists don’t like us. Too many cyclists either have no idea about the …
Opinion Jun. 27, 2021 6:45 pm1696d ago
I was dismayed to read Todd Dorman’s May 30 piece regarding the criticism of his column. The opinion section of …
Opinion Jun. 27, 2021 6:30 am1696d ago
Iowa Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst, voted to make it harder for Americans to vote. The procedural test …
Opinion Jun. 27, 2021 6:15 am1696d ago
The Republican Party is the party of Lincoln, our great president who issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Gov. Robert Ray was …
Opinion Jun. 27, 2021 6:00 am1696d ago
Currently police officers are being identified by many as “bad guys,” so it’s time to take a look at just …
Opinion Jun. 26, 2021 6:00 am1697d ago
Our neighbor, Illinois, is planning to transition to zero carbon electricity generation. It is approaching it in a rational, scientific …
Opinion Jun. 25, 2021 2:18 pm1698d ago
So, I voted in the recent Johnson County Supervisor election under the mandated protocols, which have virtually nothing to do …
Opinion Jun. 25, 2021 2:18 pm1698d ago
Now those who remain in the Republican Party are all upset that Critical Race Theory might be revealed through the …
Opinion Jun. 25, 2021 2:14 pm1698d ago
The editorial page of the June 22 Gazette featured a political cartoon with Chief Black Hawk on one side and …
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