It’s time to address the elephant in the room, or maybe the missing elephant in the room. On Jan. 23, …
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Mary L Burke Letters to the Editor Jan. 27, 2021 3:51 pm1788d ago
It’s time to address the elephant in the room, or maybe the missing elephant in the room. On Jan. 23, …
Garry Klein Letters to the Editor Jan. 27, 2021 3:50 pm1788d ago
Reading that Gov. Kim Reynolds stated that access to the COVID-19 vaccination is going to be widened to 660,000 Iowans …
Nancy Sauerman
Letters to the Editor Jan. 27, 2021 3:47 pm1788d ago
No one should plan for, invite crowds and then incite insurrection. But Donald Trump did. The House impeached him for …
Jim McNeish
Letters to the Editor Jan. 24, 2021 6:00 am1792d ago
The Trumpian term ‘fake news” has never seemed more valid than it’s been in the wake of the invasion of …
Pete Larson
Letters to the Editor Jan. 24, 2021 6:00 am1792d ago
With all the emotional control of a teenager with raging hormones, a recent Gazette editorial demanded ‘Trump must go now” …
Gun violence prevention advocates
Letters to the Editor Jan. 24, 2021 6:00 am1792d ago
There is a good reason the process of amending Iowa’s Constitution is drawn-out. Two separate legislative sessions must act, followed …
Duane Eldred
Letters to the Editor Jan. 22, 2021 1:43 pm1793d ago
Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst, your votes in the impeachment trial are really critical, because a yes vote will …
Paul Salamon
Letters to the Editor Jan. 22, 2021 1:43 pm1793d ago
My member of Congress, Rep. Ashley Hinson, has written ‘impeachment will only serve to feed the flames and further divide …
Catheryn Irvine
Letters to the Editor Jan. 22, 2021 6:00 am1794d ago
I am disappointed that U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson chose party politics over accountability in her vote against impeaching former President …
Cathy Grawe
Letters to the Editor Jan. 22, 2021 6:00 am1794d ago
I have a question: How enthused would the compassionate, tolerant and inclusive Democrat party be about welcoming in thousands of …
Gerene Denning
Letters to the Editor Jan. 19, 2021 5:36 pm1796d ago
On Jan. 3, four Iowans were sworn in as members of the U.S. House of Representatives, three Republicans and one …
Shirley Ruedy
Letters to the Editor Jan. 19, 2021 5:36 pm1796d ago
After noon today, the three sweetest words in the English language will be ‘former President Trump.” Shirley Ruedy Cedar Rapids
David Duer
Letters to the Editor Jan. 19, 2021 5:29 pm1796d ago
I read an interview in The Gazette with Leo Kelly of Cedar Rapids, one of the many who illegally entered …
Lorri Pate
Letters to the Editor Jan. 15, 2021 1:09 pm1800d ago
The deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol happened because Donald Trump couldn’t accept his election loss. Instead of getting him …
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