Joe Biden and Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus provides a stark contrast in leadership. In January, before the Iowa …
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Sara Riley Letters to the Editor Sep. 16, 2020 6:05 pm1922d ago
Joe Biden and Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus provides a stark contrast in leadership. In January, before the Iowa …
Bob and Sue Dvorsky Letters to the Editor Sep. 15, 2020 5:16 pm1923d ago
On September 29, there will be a special election to fill a vacancy on the Coralville City Council. It may …
Karen Ash
Letters to the Editor Sep. 15, 2020 11:54 am1923d ago
Recently I received a second call feigning to be an election survey putting forth tired and untrue arguments to choose …
Victor Ogden
Letters to the Editor Sep. 15, 2020 11:53 am1923d ago
In the audiotapes of Trump’s conversations with Bob Woodward released this week, the president admitted that in February he knew …
Scott Foens
Letters to the Editor Sep. 15, 2020 11:53 am1923d ago
On Sept. 8, the Associated Press reported Loras College in Dubuque will remove its founder’s statue, Bishop Mathias Loras, from …
Barbara Kalm
Letters to the Editor Sep. 12, 2020 8:00 am1926d ago
What a bittersweet, but delightful, article by Rich and Marion Patterson, ‘A rebirth among the rubble” in last Sunday’s Gazette. …
Juergen Bruckner
Letters to the Editor Sep. 12, 2020 8:00 am1926d ago
Thank you, Marion and Rich Patterson, on your article entitled ‘A Rebirth Among the Rubble,” Sept. 6. While the loss …
Anne Salamon
Letters to the Editor Sep. 12, 2020 8:00 am1926d ago
Thanks for your recent article on Sen. Chuck Grassley’s ‘visits” to all 99 counties in Iowa and the hypocrisy of …
Larry and Linda Prachar
Letters to the Editor Sep. 12, 2020 8:00 am1926d ago
As everyone knows, the hurricane-force winds of the derecho destroyed thousands of trees in and around Cedar Rapids. Upon getting …
Wayne Shannon
Letters to the Editor Sep. 12, 2020 8:00 am1926d ago
Gone are the Walter Cronkites of the world who strictly reported the news without cutting it short and twisting it …
Tara McGovern Dutcher and Mary L. Cohen
Letters to the Editor Sep. 10, 2020 4:13 pm1928d ago
On Aug. 5, my neighbors Mary and Matt Cohen and I published an opinion piece in the Press-Citizen calling for …
Rob Hanson
Letters to the Editor Sep. 9, 2020 4:18 pm1929d ago
September is Suicide Prevention Month and it’s important that we are there for each other and take steps to prevent …
Marilyn Pleiness
Letters to the Editor Sep. 5, 2020 8:00 am1933d ago
Kudos to our great president and leader Donald J. Trump on his recent visit to Cedar Rapids. Several have felt …
Jon Prottsman
Letters to the Editor Sep. 5, 2020 8:00 am1933d ago
Many thanks to Dana Jones for bringing to light the true data regarding Iowa’s pandemic status. Without her diligence, the …
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