President Donald Trump continues to obstruct justice, most recently in the criminal case of Roger Stone. As a close associate …
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Jill Martinez Letters to the Editor Feb. 17, 2020 5:44 pm2134d ago
President Donald Trump continues to obstruct justice, most recently in the criminal case of Roger Stone. As a close associate …
Mark Edwards Letters to the Editor Feb. 14, 2020 11:26 am2137d ago
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has strayed from its legislated mission of protecting our water and wildlife. I retired …
Mike Davies
Letters to the Editor Feb. 13, 2020 2:52 pm2138d ago
All of us could become the victim of a crime at anytime. Unfortunately, if you become the victim of a …
Jim Lensch
Letters to the Editor Feb. 14, 2020 4:44 pm2137d ago
Farmers in Iowa faced a challenging 2019. I operate a family farm in Linn County and I know that one …
Mary McBee
Letters to the Editor Feb. 13, 2020 2:51 pm2138d ago
I applaud Iowans for daring to choose progressive Democrat candidates. In this country, we’ve been voting ‘cautious center” for so …
Paul Salamon
Letters to the Editor Feb. 13, 2020 2:51 pm2138d ago
Trump did not create the economy we have now. At best, he has not screwed it up. However, our economy …
Edward Wasserman
Letters to the Editor Feb. 13, 2020 2:51 pm2138d ago
John Adams said: ‘Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself.” How does that happen? It happens …
Suzette Astley
Letters to the Editor Feb. 13, 2020 2:20 pm2138d ago
Trump has been in office for just three years, but there has been substantial job growth in each of the …
John Burke
Letters to the Editor Feb. 13, 2020 12:13 pm2138d ago
In response to the recent letter (‘Respect the office of the president”), let me offer a different, less parochial perspective …
Judy Pfohl
Letters to the Editor Feb. 11, 2020 3:02 pm2140d ago
Tell your state representatives not to raise sales taxes. Gov. Kim Reynolds’s tax and budget plans for Iowa are just …
Doug Schumacher
Letters to the Editor Feb. 10, 2020 10:43 am2141d ago
Almost 50 years ago, one of the most interesting elective courses I took in college was called ‘Propaganda Analysis”. At …
Dean Varner
Letters to the Editor Feb. 10, 2020 6:00 am2141d ago
So-called progressives constantly rail about curbing gun violence. This is a code phrase to mask their desire to enact stringent …
Ken Thimmesch
Letters to the Editor Feb. 7, 2020 11:04 am2144d ago
The vote counting debacle after the Democratic caucus brings to mind a statement by Josef Stalin: ‘It’s not the people …
Erin Karnik
Letters to the Editor Feb. 7, 2020 11:00 am2144d ago
Caucuses are not extremely complicated. There are a few simple steps, some of which involve basic elementary arithmetic. Our precinct …
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