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As a voter and Save the Children Action Network volunteer, I’ve participated in multiple Iowa presidential candidate events to learn …
In his response to the horrific mass killings in El Paso and Dayton, President Donald Trump used language to imply …
Summer is coming to an end and our kids will be back in school before we know it. My granddaughter …
Your Aug. 15 article, ‘Official: Liberty Poem Only For White Immigrants,” condemning Ken Cuccinelli, Acting Immigration and Citizenship Service boss, …
The Mallard Fillmore cartoon regularly featured by The Gazette is usually predictable: a lot of grievance and whining. I do …
Driving through Riverside this summer? You’d best have a podcast downloaded or an audiobook in the car. What with Highway …
At the upcoming August 27 City Council meeting the council is set to hold a public hearing on a request …
As a gun owner and a certified Iowa Hunter Education Instructor, I agree with most of the comments in your …
I could not agree more with Todd Dorman in his support of state licensed wildlife rehabber Amber Oldfield who is …
I spent a couple hours knocking on doors recently for my favorite candidate for president. I appreciate the time people …
The Endangered Species Act (ESA) is the life-or-death anchor for more than 1,700 of our native species. Since Republican President …
In my opinion, the problem with capitalism is its faulty premise. It seems to me that capitalism only works if …
Every time I hear someone talk about ‘electability,” I cringe. What the hell is ‘electability?” Did you honestly believe in …
To claim a person’s rhetoric doesn’t affect other people’s actions defies common sense. Words have power. Words inform with truth, …
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