Columnist Cal Thomas scoffs at the recent release of our government’s climate science report. (Dec. 2, ‘When will the climate …
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Thomas Simon Letters to the Editor Dec. 9, 2018 5:00 am2630d ago
Columnist Cal Thomas scoffs at the recent release of our government’s climate science report. (Dec. 2, ‘When will the climate …
Pat Bowen Letters to the Editor Dec. 9, 2018 5:00 am2630d ago
When it comes to water quality problems, the elephant in the room is the multinational pork industry. Iowa’s roughly 24 …
Joshua Hammitt
Letters to the Editor Dec. 8, 2018 5:00 am2631d ago
I have heard seemingly everywhere since President George H.W. Bush passed away that he was the last president who served …
Peter Gathje
Letters to the Editor Dec. 8, 2018 5:00 am2631d ago
I have visited Iowa City on a number of occasions and enjoyed its hospitality. However, I recently learned about the …
Mike Sawyer
Letters to the Editor Dec. 7, 2018 1:00 am2632d ago
My wife and I were Florida foster parents to more than 60 kids in five years. One of the smartest, …
James Harris
Letters to the Editor Dec. 6, 2018 7:30 am2633d ago
When Gary Dolphin tried to be objective, he further exposed his lack of professionalism as ‘The Voice of the Hawkeyes.” …
Aaron Halstead
Letters to the Editor Dec. 6, 2018 7:30 am2633d ago
The University of Iowa’s suspension of longtime broadcaster Gary Dolphin not only was unnecessary and unfair, the decision reveals Gary …
David Kirchner
Letters to the Editor Dec. 6, 2018 3:44 pm2632d ago
What is going on with the University of Iowa men’s basketball team? Gary Dolphin was suspended for two games because …
Ted Wernimont
Letters to the Editor Dec. 5, 2018 6:40 am2634d ago
Thank you, Matthew Haile, for a ‘maturity beyond your years” column that needs to be permanently seared into the minds …
Harold Hensel
Letters to the Editor Dec. 5, 2018 6:40 am2634d ago
Iowa State University has developed an autothermal pyrolysis method to create biochar from biomass five times faster than conventional methods. …
Einar Olson
Letters to the Editor Dec. 4, 2018 8:50 am2635d ago
Iowa Consumer Advocate Mark Schuling is opposing Alliant Energy’s smart meter rollout at an Iowa Utility Board hearing Wednesday in …
Frank Helsell
Letters to the Editor Dec. 4, 2018 8:50 am2635d ago
There seems to be some needless concern about the ‘smart meters” that some utilities are installing to measure home electrical …
Marcia Parmenter
Letters to the Editor Dec. 3, 2018 5:00 am2636d ago
In a letter on Nov. 24, Kurt Maas reacted to several topics that could be displayed on posters (‘People overreacting …
Ron Cook
Letters to the Editor Dec. 3, 2018 5:00 am2636d ago
The state steps in and takes the teacher’s bargaining rights away and now the school board wants to take the …
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