I am opposed to making changes to the Ped Mall benches in Iowa City for the following reasons: 1. The …
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Harry Olmstead Letters to the Editor Jan. 14, 2019 2:30 am2535d ago
I am opposed to making changes to the Ped Mall benches in Iowa City for the following reasons: 1. The …
Harold H. Hensel Letters to the Editor Jan. 14, 2019 2:30 am2535d ago
There is an old joke that someone jumped off the 110-story Sears Tower in Chicago and lived to tell about …
Hal Dendurent
Letters to the Editor Jan. 13, 2019 2:30 am2536d ago
It’s hard to say who is more stubborn, President Donald Trump or House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. If neither gave in, …
Kay E. Graber
Letters to the Editor Jan. 13, 2019 2:30 am2536d ago
On Jan. 4, Iowa Public Radio interviewed Pete Saenz, mayor of Larado, Texas and chairman of the Texas Border Coalition. …
Joseph Mallie
Letters to the Editor Jan. 13, 2019 2:30 am2536d ago
If we build a border wall and also do the other things that we are doing now (drones, cameras, border …
James W. White
Letters to the Editor Jan. 12, 2019 2:30 am2537d ago
I am interested in sharing stories with anyone related to a veteran of the Mexican Border campaign of the U.S. …
Violet Austerlitz
Letters to the Editor Jan. 12, 2019 2:30 am2537d ago
By and large, Iowa City is and has been a welcoming and supportive place to live as a transgender woman. …
David Shaw
Letters to the Editor Jan. 11, 2019 3:00 am2538d ago
Recently I read, with some amusement, a letter from a Center Point man (‘We must fix broken government,” Jan. 2). …
Carolyn L. Stucker
Letters to the Editor Jan. 11, 2019 3:00 am2538d ago
Where are U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst? Soybean exports to China have shrunk to zero. Markets are shrinking …
Edna Brunkhorst
Letters to the Editor Jan. 10, 2019 2:00 am2539d ago
Much of the media spent large amounts of time reporting end-of-the-year statistics, but here’s one that is rarely mentioned: Worldometers, …
Burton Davis
Letters to the Editor Jan. 10, 2019 2:00 am2539d ago
I hope U.S. Rep. Abby Finkenauer thinks long and hard about the consequences of supporting a bill introduced by Rep. …
Denise Larson
Letters to the Editor Jan. 9, 2019 2:00 am2540d ago
Every Thursday, an article by syndicated columnist Walter Williams is published in this paper. Every Thursday, I read said article …
Lee R. Overton
Letters to the Editor Jan. 9, 2019 2:00 am2540d ago
Traveling on the west side of Cedar Rapids is particularly slow and has few options. Also, growth can’t proceed without …
Sandra Eccles
Letters to the Editor Jan. 8, 2019 7:20 am2541d ago
How many people actually believe our government officials work for us? We elect them and see little if any productive …
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