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Jim Buddle Letters to the Editor Feb. 28, 2020 9:43 am2123d ago
Our founders gave their families, lives and fortunes to take us to our Constitution and freedom. Every true American should …
Corinne J. Stanley Letters to the Editor Feb. 27, 2020 12:36 pm2124d ago
Make no mistake, the world is ruled by the 1 percent, as impeccably demonstrated by the decisions being made in …
Tyler Fahey
Letters to the Editor Feb. 27, 2020 12:36 pm2124d ago
Democrats are screwed. I’m a left-leaning centrist and I cannot get behind Bernie Sanders. It’s not the fact he’s a …
Corey Halfhill
Letters to the Editor Feb. 27, 2020 12:36 pm2124d ago
Prohibition didn’t work in the 1920s, so why do some lawmakers now want to try it with flavored traditional tobacco …
Mary McCarthy
Letters to the Editor Feb. 21, 2020 11:49 am2130d ago
In a Feb. 10 community letter, David Shaw questioned the accuracy of a Gazette ‘Quote of the Week” from the …
Carl Gaul
Letters to the Editor Feb. 21, 2020 11:49 am2130d ago
I’ve been following the debate over licenses to work in Iowa that Gov. Kim Reynolds has been leading. A lot …
Jerry Parks
Letters to the Editor Feb. 21, 2020 11:49 am2130d ago
Joni Ernst’s recent email blast calls for the elimination of the Presidential Election Campaign Fund. That’s the fund you can …
Jessica Biwer
Letters to the Editor Feb. 21, 2020 11:45 am2130d ago
I was shocked to learn recently that Iowa is the only state that doesn’t allow anyone convicted of a felony …
Marie Belle Kelly
Letters to the Editor Feb. 21, 2020 11:44 am2130d ago
America is in the middle of a disaster in the making. What is wrong with our government when corruption is …
Jason Snell
Letters to the Editor Feb. 21, 2020 11:44 am2130d ago
The Trump Administration, with the robust endorsement of our senator, Joni Ernst, has rolled back the Clean Water Act. This …
Steve Barry
Letters to the Editor Feb. 21, 2020 11:44 am2130d ago
Is Bernie Sanders a pro-choice Democrat? Yes and no. On the one hand he supports a woman’s right to choose …
Fran Buresh
Letters to the Editor Feb. 21, 2020 11:31 am2130d ago
It was very refreshing to listen to Sen. Mitt Romney’s, R-Utah, speech and his vote to convict President Donald Trump …
Mackenzie Aime
Letters to the Editor Feb. 19, 2020 7:26 pm2132d ago
I applaud state Sen. Liz Mathis for calling on the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to reject the application to …
Marcia Swift
Letters to the Editor Feb. 18, 2020 12:41 pm2133d ago
According to the CDC, in an average year, over 250 people die by guns in Iowa and 80 percent of …
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