Rodeos are spectacles of animal abuse and human domination. They are about profit and entertainment at the animals’ expense. Electric …
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Lynn Gallagher Letters to the Editor Feb. 21, 2019 5:00 am2497d ago
Rodeos are spectacles of animal abuse and human domination. They are about profit and entertainment at the animals’ expense. Electric …
Betty Kohout Letters to the Editor Feb. 21, 2019 5:00 am2497d ago
I read a recent column by Adam Sullivan (‘I detest left-lane drivers,” Feb. 15) that some sort of fine should …
Jim Dyer
Letters to the Editor Feb. 20, 2019 3:30 am2498d ago
Marion lost a great banker and friend in Morris ‘Morry” Neighbor. His efforts helped put Marion on the map. He …
Allen Taylor
Letters to the Editor Feb. 20, 2019 3:30 am2498d ago
Further to Lynda Waddington’s thoughts (‘Make extended bus hours a priority,” Jan. 5), I agree there should be a push …
Paul Rehn
Letters to the Editor Feb. 19, 2019 4:30 am2499d ago
Many years ago I found myself listening to a broadcast from a powerful southern radio station. The broadcaster was talking …
Tom Persoon
Letters to the Editor Feb. 19, 2019 4:30 am2499d ago
Jonah Goldberg’s opinion column on social justice in Monday’s Gazette is one of the worst opinion pieces I have ever …
Eric Weiler
Letters to the Editor Feb. 17, 2019 5:00 am2501d ago
The Gazette does a nice job covering Kirkwood Community College in the news section, but many of the college’s athletic …
Patrick Lang
Letters to the Editor Feb. 17, 2019 5:00 am2501d ago
I was extremely confused as to why Willey Miller’s Non Sequitur would be removed from The Gazette’s Sunday comics. The …
Lawrence Rettig
Letters to the Editor Feb. 17, 2019 5:00 am2501d ago
With Donald Trump, it’s all about the money. I firmly believe he is up to his ears in debt to …
Al Schafbuch
Letters to the Editor Feb. 17, 2019 5:00 am2501d ago
Cover crops do more than remove nitrates. Cover crops that farmers plant in the fall to capture nitrogen also reduce …
Rick Frame
Letters to the Editor Feb. 17, 2019 5:00 am2501d ago
President Donald Trump is going to Vietnam for another visit. Where was he 50 years ago when many of us …
Kelly Steele
Letters to the Editor Feb. 17, 2019 5:00 am2501d ago
As someone who has practiced law in Iowa for 29 years, I can tell you that our judges are outstanding. …
Margaret Bartlett
Letters to the Editor Feb. 17, 2019 5:00 am2501d ago
I agree with the staff editorial about opioids in the Jan. 12 Gazette. It is understandable that the opioid epidemic …
Keith McBride
Letters to the Editor Feb. 17, 2019 5:00 am2501d ago
The Sunday, Feb. 10 edition of the Non Sequitur comic was offensive and I agree it should not have been …
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