It is unfortunate to see Republican lawmakers, from the party of limited government, attempting to expand government by limit voter …
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Joseph Howe Letters to the Editor Mar. 24, 2019 7:00 am2367d ago
It is unfortunate to see Republican lawmakers, from the party of limited government, attempting to expand government by limit voter …
Paul Specht Letters to the Editor Mar. 24, 2019 7:00 am2367d ago
There are four images from television news that stick in my mind. First, the scene inside the Kremlin the morning …
Dee Anderson
Letters to the Editor Mar. 24, 2019 7:00 am2367d ago
Massive hugs and truckloads of thanks to our tireless city crews, who worked long hours throughout this brutal winter spreading …
Mike Hall
Letters to the Editor Mar. 24, 2019 7:00 am2367d ago
Syndicated Columnist Leonard Pitts recently lamented that our society has ‘given up our right to know” and has been ‘fooled, …
Gary L. Roberts
Letters to the Editor Mar. 23, 2019 7:00 am2368d ago
All of this talk about spending billions on a border wall is a lot of nonsense. We have a national …
Dale Fitzgibbons
Letters to the Editor Mar. 22, 2019 4:00 am2370d ago
A recent letter criticizing President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration launched a salvo of half truths (‘Emergency declaration is a …
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Joyce Dietzgen
Letters to the Editor Mar. 22, 2019 4:00 am2370d ago
I am curious about Scott Burnett’s point, exactly, when he wrote ‘ … in common with the welfare queens the …
Eileen McDermott
Letters to the Editor Mar. 21, 2019 5:30 am2370d ago
Why was Malik Muhammad let out of jail in April 2008? (‘Man tortured with hot iron, robbed at gunpoint in …
Daron Wilson
Letters to the Editor Mar. 21, 2019 5:30 am2370d ago
Iowa is the nation’s top producer of homegrown biofuels, and those of us who work in the industry are proud …
Jaimie Gargas
Letters to the Editor Mar. 20, 2019 5:00 am2371d ago
A nearly 20 percent increase in consumer prices in a situation where, for most customers, there is no choice of …
Jane and Larry Jenkins
Letters to the Editor Mar. 20, 2019 5:00 am2371d ago
We have all read letters about an anonymous person or people paying a restaurant bill. Such a wonderful gesture! And …
Dennis Feldmann
Letters to the Editor Mar. 19, 2019 5:00 am2372d ago
As a Cedar Rapids resident who drives through two speed cameras nearly every day, I do not believe the statistics …
Jeremy Brigham
Letters to the Editor Mar. 19, 2019 5:00 am2372d ago
Stacey Abrams’ response to the President’s State of the Union address picked up on at least two issues he neglected …
Jim Broten
Letters to the Editor Mar. 18, 2019 3:00 am2374d ago
I drive by an old house every day while going to work. It is slowly getting better and better. I …
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