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Diane Peterson Letters to the Editor Mar. 15, 2019 7:00 am2474d ago
This winter took us all by surprise. Some pull together and try to cheer each other up. Others stay on …
David Sheets Letters to the Editor Mar. 15, 2019 7:00 am2474d ago
I would like to congratulate my alma mater, Alburnett, on its state basketball tournament run. Watching the best Class 1A …
Rich Schwaigert
Letters to the Editor Mar. 14, 2019 9:00 am2475d ago
Considering President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration: Thus the imperial presidency begins. Perhaps he’ll start wearing a toga; he’s already …
Larry Hodgden
Letters to the Editor Mar. 14, 2019 9:00 am2475d ago
Lynda Waddington wrote a great column about Iowa Sen. Zach Wahls stopping to help a homeless person (Feb. 2, ‘Could …
Aaron Rivera
Letters to the Editor Mar. 13, 2019 12:00 pm2476d ago
Want to see Iowa women’s basketball destroyed? Wait for transgender people to go for women’s scholarships, school records and league …
Kurt Maas
Letters to the Editor Mar. 13, 2019 12:00 pm2476d ago
The guest column criticizing the University of Iowa’s canceling of the ‘white privilege” workshop and The Gazette’s coverage of it …
Palmer Holden
Letters to the Editor Mar. 12, 2019 5:30 am2477d ago
I continuously read Democrats’ opinions that we do not need to worry about border security as the number of illegal …
Tamara Lutz
Letters to the Editor Mar. 12, 2019 5:30 am2477d ago
How exciting that Cedar Rapids is projected to be on the planned 4,000-mile, coast-to-coast Great American Rail-Trail. What fantastic business, …
Santos Saucedo
Letters to the Editor Mar. 11, 2019 4:00 am2478d ago
State Rep. Gary Carlson, R-Muscatine, recently proposed a bill, House Study Bill 185, through the Commerce Committee that will make …
Jim Davis
Letters to the Editor Mar. 11, 2019 4:00 am2478d ago
Republicans in the Statehouse continue their thinly veiled assault on the election process, attempting to skew results in their favor. …
Nina Grover
Letters to the Editor Mar. 11, 2019 4:00 am2478d ago
Americans have become increasingly worried about climate change and destruction of ecosystems, and it is reassuring to see Congressmen and …
Bill Mueller
Letters to the Editor Mar. 11, 2019 4:00 am2478d ago
I was very disappointed that Gary Dolphin, the voice of the Hawkeyes, was suspended for the remainder of the 2019 …
Steven L. Herman
Letters to the Editor Mar. 10, 2019 5:00 am2479d ago
Ever wonder why conservatives are called ‘right” and liberals are called ‘left?” Traveling west on Highway 30, I came across …
Natalie Snyders
Letters to the Editor Mar. 10, 2019 5:00 am2479d ago
The numerous bills Senate Republicans are proposing to impose even stricter requirements on Iowans receiving Medicaid or food stamps concern …
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