President Donald Trump’s policies orphaned hundreds of immigrant children at our borders. He withdrew us from the Paris Agreement on …
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Thomas Pyron Letters to the Editor Dec. 24, 2018 7:00 am2615d ago
President Donald Trump’s policies orphaned hundreds of immigrant children at our borders. He withdrew us from the Paris Agreement on …
U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst Letters to the Editor Dec. 23, 2018 7:00 am2616d ago
Regarding a recent Gazette editorial (‘Grassley, Ernst should rethink U.S. links to Saudi Arabia,” Dec. 8) and guest column (‘Grassley, …
Bill Strilich
Letters to the Editor Dec. 23, 2018 7:00 am2616d ago
In a recent Rasmussen survey, a mere 7 percent of likely voters gave Congress a high mark. Since our political …
Sonia Ettinger
Letters to the Editor Dec. 23, 2018 7:00 am2616d ago
The Gazette recently reported that 14 Republicans and all Democrats in the U.S. Senate voted to advance a resolution in …
John Hernandez
Letters to the Editor Dec. 23, 2018 4:15 am2616d ago
In a full-scale trade war, which U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst has allowed the President to impetuously precipitate, the most immediate …
Anthony Miell
Letters to the Editor Dec. 22, 2018 7:00 am2617d ago
What is this fascination with a border wall? It makes no sense. Security doesn’t come in the form of a …
Larry Hodgden
Letters to the Editor Dec. 22, 2018 5:00 am2617d ago
Alas, we’ve finally come full circle. It took 230 years and 45 presidents, but we have gone from George Washington …
Jim Slitor
Letters to the Editor Dec. 21, 2018 7:55 am2618d ago
I was disheartened when I read your article about the confined animal feeding operation, or CAFO, outside Monona in Allamakee …
James Morres
Letters to the Editor Dec. 21, 2018 7:55 am2618d ago
The Cedar Rapids City Council should take a leadership role in the state and ban the sale of puppy mill …
Jeff Klinzman
Letters to the Editor Dec. 20, 2018 3:00 am2619d ago
Given his recent promotion of the current president’s hollow accomplishments, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley needs to make a career change. …
Steven Pokorny
Letters to the Editor Dec. 20, 2018 3:00 am2619d ago
It is beyond deplorable that an American president would even consider, let alone threaten, a veto of legislation intended to …
Katrina Altenhofen
Letters to the Editor Dec. 19, 2018 5:00 am2620d ago
Patients of Federally Qualified Health Centers and Rural Health Clinics are unable to keep their physician when they elect to …
Eileen McDermott
Letters to the Editor Dec. 19, 2018 5:00 am2620d ago
Did I read this correctly? Probation for the woman who purposely drove her car, containing her two children, into the …
Curt Zingula
Letters to the Editor Dec. 18, 2018 6:50 am2621d ago
The recent government report on climate change predicts that by 2050 corn yields will decline between 5 percent and 25 …
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