In the Dec. 9 Gazette, a syndicated column by Karl Smith (‘The case for safer sex work.”) tried to make …
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Kalissa Madison Letters to the Editor Dec. 30, 2019 12:00 am2086d ago
In the Dec. 9 Gazette, a syndicated column by Karl Smith (‘The case for safer sex work.”) tried to make …
Wanda Presler Gardner Letters to the Editor Dec. 30, 2019 12:00 am2086d ago
In this holiday season some folks recite the names of Santa’s reindeer as a brain exercise. But even more challenging …
Bruce Lear, guest columnist
Letters to the Editor Dec. 29, 2019 11:27 am2086d ago
Each Iowa public school has a unique culture that often defines the community. All face many of the same challenges. …
Mike Wyrick
Letters to the Editor Dec. 29, 2019 9:00 am2086d ago
One of my resolutions for 2020 is to continue working with others to try to build coalitions to move our …
Marti Payseur, guest columnist
Letters to the Editor Dec. 28, 2019 1:53 pm2087d ago
It is my hope that in the next decade that the United States takes action to confirm that health care …
Jeff Capps
Letters to the Editor Dec. 28, 2019 6:00 am2088d ago
We resolve to be fierce advocates for the important ‘work” of childhood – play! When kids are encouraged to imagine, …
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Ken Thimmesch
Letters to the Editor Dec. 27, 2019 1:59 pm2088d ago
For more than three years, Democrats in Congress have sidestepped their elected duties and have instead focused on impeaching President …
Preston Moore
Letters to the Editor Dec. 27, 2019 1:43 pm2088d ago
It’s time for Iowa’s outdated animal cruelty laws to be fixed. The House unanimously passed a great animal cruelty bill …
Dick Roggensack
Letters to the Editor Dec. 27, 2019 12:45 pm2088d ago
Wow! We Iowans are going to California for a bowl game. Tons of Iowans will be going there to spend …
Wilma Rettig
Letters to the Editor Dec. 27, 2019 12:45 pm2088d ago
Let me see if I have this correct. Someone in the White House believes Hillary Clinton, with the help of …
Jo Pearson
Letters to the Editor Dec. 27, 2019 12:45 pm2088d ago
No one was a bigger fan of Doonesbury back in the day when Garry Trudeau was creating original strips. But …
Erin Owen
Letters to the Editor Dec. 27, 2019 12:44 pm2088d ago
I am writing in response to The Gazette’s Dec. 11 article ‘Iowa DHS to map where family planning services needed.” …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 26, 2019 12:00 am2090d ago
Nearly lost amid the impeachment of President Donald Trump was a ruling by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals that …
Jerry Moore
Letters to the Editor Dec. 24, 2019 2:13 pm2091d ago
Is it possible that we can convince the government there is a call for tobacco smokers having a room in …
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