A hundred years ago on Memorial Day weekend a race massacre in Tulsa, Okla., took the lives of hundreds of …
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Brian Voss Opinion Jun. 7, 2021 2:50 pm1716d 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 pm1716d 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 pm1716d 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 pm1720d 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 pm1726d 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 pm1726d 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 pm1726d 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 pm1726d 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 pm1726d 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 pm1727d 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 pm1728d ago
In a recent op-ed, Iowa City Council member Susan Mims bashed fellow member Laura Bergus for suggesting that police abolition …
Joshua Lawrence
Opinion May. 26, 2021 11:51 am1728d ago
It’s no secret speeding and careless driving has become a major problem in Cedar Rapids and Marion, but how do …
Tom and Joan Cook
Opinion May. 26, 2021 11:50 am1728d ago
Like 165 million visitors to my smartphone’s news service, we scrolled down to the fifth item today to see a …
Matthew Voss
Opinion May. 26, 2021 11:49 am1728d ago
The 2021 Iowa legislative session culminated with a ban on local and school mask mandates, passed in the final hours …
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