Farmers in Iowa faced a challenging 2019. I operate a family farm in Linn County and I know that one …
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Jim Lensch Letters to the Editor Feb. 14, 2020 4:44 pm2196d 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 pm2197d 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 pm2197d 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 pm2197d 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 pm2197d 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 pm2197d 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 pm2199d 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 am2200d 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 am2201d 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 am2203d 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 am2203d ago
Caucuses are not extremely complicated. There are a few simple steps, some of which involve basic elementary arithmetic. Our precinct …
Tim Bickel
Letters to the Editor Feb. 7, 2020 10:54 am2203d ago
After President Donald Trump’s outstanding State of the Union address to the nation, Speaker Nancy Pelosi made an outrageous display …
Bob Sprengler
Letters to the Editor Feb. 7, 2020 10:48 am2203d ago
Why is Ashley Hinson ashamed of journalists? It’s not surprising to see pictures of state Rep. Hinson at President Donald …
Dewane Hughes
Letters to the Editor Feb. 6, 2020 3:48 pm2204d ago
Our president has attacked blacks, Hispanics, Latinos, immigrants, Muslims, handicapped people, women, conservation groups, government officials and former and present …
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