The past few days have given me a time for reflection. My father was employed by Iowa Electric Light and …
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The past few days have given me a time for reflection. My father was employed by Iowa Electric Light and …
It seems that virtually all your editorials and most of the letters to the editor you publish trash Republicans in …
Just what I feared, another Grassley who cherry-picks examples and ignores larger problems just to solidify a grip on power. …
Never underestimate the GOP’s ability to turn a crisis into a political moment – particularly one with the ‘television touch” …
About 12:30 p.m. Aug. 10 the storm hit our street. Forty minutes later we placed a call to our insurance …
The glib promise of ‘affordable health care” should sound to us just as preposterous as ‘affordable fire protection, ‘affordable parks,” …
Pints & Politics
A periodic, lighthearted look at Iowa political news from The Gazette's opinion desk.
Child care is essential infrastructure for Iowa’s working parents and employers. This is especially true during a global pandemic and …
When creating a police oversight board, the Cedar Rapids City Council and a local Black Lives Matter protest group need …
Iowa reported 878 new COVID-19 cases on Friday. This record high was reached despite Gov. Kim Reynolds’ continued rosy declarations …
On Aug. 17, on the closed Winslow Road, two highway workmen with a truck were fixing a ‘No Passing” sign. …
Most people would say our economy was in good shape before the pandemic. But I want to mention some aspects …
On Tuesday Aug. 18, the president of our United States was in Cedar Rapids to lead a ‘conference” on the …
In my opinion, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has switched from making statewide coronavirus-related decisions based on scientific fact to decisions …
I voted in every Presidential election, every off year election, most bond issue elections, most primary elections and many school …
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