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Jessica Carney Letters to the Editor Sep. 24, 2019 7:58 am2340d ago
Extreme sports fandom has always given me the creeps, especially when I was sitting in the student section at Hawkeye …
Terry Pitts Letters to the Editor Sep. 23, 2019 3:13 pm2341d ago
I just have to say that Lyz Lenz is a real treasure. In her first five columns she has written …
Les Deal
Letters to the Editor Sep. 23, 2019 3:12 pm2341d ago
Trump is a liar. Everyone knows he is a liar. Media, quit constantly replaying the videos – it is unnerving …
Aaron Rivera
Letters to the Editor Sep. 23, 2019 3:12 pm2341d ago
What prompted Walmart recently to ban open carry, stop selling handguns, handgun ammunition and certain types of rifles and their …
Rich Patterson
Letters to the Editor Sep. 23, 2019 3:05 pm2341d ago
Recent news that the Indian Creek Nature Center’s headquarters has been certified by the Living Building Council is the culmination …
Kathleen VanDeWalle
Letters to the Editor Sep. 22, 2019 7:34 am2342d ago
Attacks on crucial Saudi oil installations have been the occasion for President Trump to declare we are ‘locked and loaded” …
Paula Hernandez
Letters to the Editor Sep. 22, 2019 6:30 am2342d ago
On May 1, I held my beloved dog in my arms as he made a peaceful journey over the rainbow …
Lorna Lewers
Letters to the Editor Sep. 20, 2019 2:58 pm2344d ago
Passengers on the Titanic felt secure until events quickly and irreversibly overtook them. Earth is the new Titanic, fossil fuels …
Steven Pokorny
Letters to the Editor Sep. 20, 2019 2:58 pm2344d ago
Our federal government’s current deficit is in excess of $1 trillion, the highest it is has been in seven years. …
Julie Perez
Letters to the Editor Sep. 20, 2019 12:41 pm2344d ago
I didn’t overhear the conversation, but it sounds like hate when columnist Lyz Lenz labels someone as a racist based …
Charlene Lange
Letters to the Editor Sep. 19, 2019 4:11 pm2345d ago
I am horrified by the burning of the Amazon rainforest. People clear land by fire to make a living on …
Deb VanderGaast
Letters to the Editor Sep. 19, 2019 4:07 pm2345d ago
Joe Biden said in the most recent debate that, ‘Three-year olds should be in preschool, not day care.” He, and …
Roger Johanson
Letters to the Editor Sep. 17, 2019 4:41 pm2346d ago
Last Thursday’s Gazette included an article by Walter Williams, professor of economics. His article asserts that colleges and universities have …
Robert Sprengeler
Letters to the Editor Sep. 16, 2019 11:20 pm2347d ago
When the ACA (Obamacare) became law in 2013, millions of Americans, including 132,000 Iowans, got healthcare coverage. Thousands of young …
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