There has been multiple letters lately in The Gazette criticizing Todd Dorman for a column he wrote and calling for …
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Ann Struthers Letters to the Editor Nov. 21, 2020 12:00 pm1915d ago
There has been multiple letters lately in The Gazette criticizing Todd Dorman for a column he wrote and calling for …
Katrina Niemeier Letters to the Editor Nov. 21, 2020 12:00 pm1915d ago
This holiday season, I would like to express my gratitude for my school, Iowa Connections Academy. Throughout all of life’s …
Ralph Plagman
Letters to the Editor Nov. 20, 2020 12:52 pm1916d ago
It is time for you to refute President Donald Trump’s repeated assertion that the 2020 election was stolen, fraudulent, or …
Mary McBee
Letters to the Editor Nov. 20, 2020 12:49 pm1916d ago
What is democratic government if not a structure set up to serve the well-being of the people? Is it not …
Jerry Elsea
Letters to the Editor Nov. 20, 2020 12:49 pm1916d ago
Politics in Donald Trump’s America divides families. It has even split the Trumps themselves – reportedly over what postelection path …
Scott Roland
Letters to the Editor Nov. 20, 2020 12:49 pm1916d ago
If we want to have an honest conversation about the incidence of voter fraud, we should start with the probability. …
Gretchen Reeh-Robinson
Letters to the Editor Nov. 19, 2020 5:24 pm1916d ago
Thank you Trish Mehaffey and The Gazette for giving readers insight from Cedar Rapids Officer E.J. Merriweather (‘Black officer – …
Carolyn L. Stucker
Letters to the Editor Nov. 17, 2020 4:50 pm1919d ago
As I sat in a new car recently, I pressed a button and turned on the radio and out popped …
Susan Wakefield
Letters to the Editor Nov. 16, 2020 4:20 pm1920d ago
Gov. Kim Reynolds says Iowa residents need to ‘learn to live” with COVID-19 and ‘act responsibly.” She refuses to proclaim …
Rob Cole
Letters to the Editor Nov. 16, 2020 4:11 pm1920d ago
I’m a young college educated professional ‘brain” that recently chose to buy a house in Cedar Rapids and make it …
Larry Hodgden
Letters to the Editor Nov. 16, 2020 4:11 pm1920d ago
American Education Week is November 16-20, but unless something changes, this past week should go down as one of the …
Nancy Mulford
Letters to the Editor Nov. 13, 2020 2:06 pm1923d ago
As I write this our country does not officially have a president-elect. The media has declared a winner but that …
Sandra Young
Letters to the Editor Nov. 13, 2020 2:06 pm1923d ago
After reading Mr. Todd Dorman’s column on Nov. 5 I felt the need to respond. What happened within just a …
Richard Marsceau
Letters to the Editor Nov. 13, 2020 2:06 pm1923d ago
Todd Dorman’s column on Nov. 5, ‘Brains Will Drain From Red Iowa,” saddened me. The issues he mentioned aside, it …
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