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Richard E. Stimmel Letters to the Editor Nov. 22, 2018 5:00 am2647d ago
Thanksgiving is celebrated by many across this great country as a time of feasting, spending money at big box stores …
Sami Scheetz Letters to the Editor Nov. 22, 2018 5:00 am2647d ago
The American dream still is out of reach for millions. Systemic poverty and inequality make it nearly impossible for underprivileged …
Carl J. Sefl
Letters to the Editor Nov. 21, 2018 2:00 am2648d ago
How can we get over the brain poison caused by literally billions of dollars of half-truth or blatantly false political …
Bruce Bentley
Letters to the Editor Nov. 21, 2018 2:00 am2648d ago
First, I should probably state I am white. I (and this country) have been told recently by some other white …
John A. Gross
Letters to the Editor Nov. 20, 2018 8:05 am2649d ago
On President Donald Trump’s recent trip to Paris to memorialize the end of WWI, he canceled his trip to an …
Mary Masterson
Letters to the Editor Nov. 20, 2018 8:05 am2649d ago
Last year, I went with a friend to purchase a puppy she had seen online. As we got out of …
Steve Kemble
Letters to the Editor Nov. 19, 2018 2:00 am2650d ago
The Gazette reports (‘Birthright citizenship targeted,” Oct. 31) U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley acknowledged birthright citizenship as ‘settled law.” However, the …
Scott Roland
Letters to the Editor Nov. 19, 2018 2:00 am2650d ago
In the campaign finance report of Gov. Kim Reynolds, there are three donations from H. Russell Taub, who is her …
Gary L. Roberts
Letters to the Editor Nov. 19, 2018 2:00 am2650d ago
I am hereby requesting a Constitutional amendment stating that any sitting President and his or her administration be automatically dismissed …
Curt Zingula
Letters to the Editor Nov. 19, 2018 2:00 am2650d ago
Shame on CBS 2 for their broadcast news story about glyphosate (Roundup herbicide) as a carcinogen in children’s cereal. The …
Jerry Moore
Letters to the Editor Nov. 18, 2018 3:00 am2651d ago
Here’s something to consider: I owned a 1965 Ford Thunderbird, and its radio could receive Chicagoland station WLS-AM loud and …
Charlie Reuther
Letters to the Editor Nov. 18, 2018 3:00 am2651d ago
While President Donald Trump is pardoning two turkeys for Thanksgiving, every one of us can exercise that same presidential power …
Paul Juhl
Letters to the Editor Nov. 18, 2018 3:00 am2651d ago
For some years now, Iowans have been ‘Iowa Nice.” This feels good, but the fact is people in our neighboring …
Joe Mischka
Letters to the Editor Nov. 18, 2018 3:00 am2651d ago
If only someone would invent a method whereby an automobile driver might ‘indicate” or ‘signal” their intent to turn. Such …
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