After learning that the state of Iowa is looking for a new slogan for its highway welcome signs, and that …
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David Duer Letters to the Editor Mar. 12, 2021 3:29 pm1744d ago
After learning that the state of Iowa is looking for a new slogan for its highway welcome signs, and that …
Juergen Bruckner Letters to the Editor Mar. 12, 2021 3:29 pm1744d ago
It appears that a battle to control free speech is being fought in the legislature and on the editorial pages. …
Ellen Ballas
Letters to the Editor Mar. 11, 2021 4:03 pm1745d ago
U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks voted to oppose COVID economic relief for Iowans. The American Rescue Plan Act (HR 1319) included …
Frank King
Letters to the Editor Mar. 11, 2021 10:23 am1745d ago
For those of you that supported Trump when he gave a $2 trillion dollar tax cut that mostly benefited the …
Adam Peters
Letters to the Editor Mar. 15, 2021 12:11 pm1741d ago
Voter suppression is running rampant in Iowa at both federal and state levels. At the federal level, there are 22 …
Jeff Liske
Letters to the Editor Mar. 15, 2021 12:10 pm1741d ago
What is happening with Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District election, one of the closest in the last century? As it stands …
Darryl Syverson
Letters to the Editor Mar. 15, 2021 12:11 pm1741d ago
It is difficult not to see the irony in state Rep. Steve Holt’s argument for regulating what is being taught …
Doug Schumacher
Letters to the Editor Mar. 10, 2021 10:32 am1746d ago
Todd Dorman’s article in the Sunday edition (‘Welcome to Iowa. With some exceptions”) had some very interesting ideas for the …
Robert Sessions
Letters to the Editor Mar. 10, 2021 10:32 am1746d ago
I grew up in a conservative family in a conservative town in a conservative state. Though that label no longer …
Mary McBee
Letters to the Editor Mar. 9, 2021 12:00 am1748d ago
Has our political system failed us? For most of our country’s history and especially during recent decades, our choices have …
Barbra Solberg
Letters to the Editor Mar. 9, 2021 12:00 am1748d ago
As the number one producer of corn and soybeans, it is no surprise that Iowa has promoted the use of …
Susan Hartwell
Letters to the Editor Mar. 9, 2021 12:00 am1748d ago
Over 500,000 Americans have succumbed to COVID-19, but many more Americans have also passed due to other illnesses, accidents, old …
Gerald Kreitzer
Letters to the Editor Mar. 9, 2021 12:00 am1748d ago
Thank you Kathleen McNamara. That comes from the thousands of students you taught music to at Coolidge Elementary and hundreds …
Gary Connors-Boe
Letters to the Editor Mar. 8, 2021 4:00 pm1748d ago
For nine years I had the honor of working in a small way for the organization that the plucky, indefatigable, …
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