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John Stiegelmeyer Letters to the Editor Sep. 16, 2018 9:11 am2655d ago
The anonymous piece published in the New York Times does not warrant the ink necessary to print. This paper would …
Jen Neumann Letters to the Editor Sep. 16, 2018 9:11 am2655d ago
In response to recent letters bemoaning that Iowa’s medians and ditches look terrible, consider that a weed is just a …
Diane Duncan-Goldsmith
Letters to the Editor Sep. 16, 2018 9:11 am2655d ago
I have sent more than one email to U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst asking when every cent of …
Frank McDonald III
Letters to the Editor Sep. 16, 2018 9:11 am2655d ago
Fred Hubbell is running for Iowa governor. Does he have any family members who are U.S. veterans? Has he visited …
Slaton Anthony
Letters to the Editor Sep. 15, 2018 1:00 am2656d ago
I was appalled to see my congressman, Rod Blum, had tweeted the contact information of a reporter who sent him …
Owen Soenen
Letters to the Editor Sep. 15, 2018 1:00 am2656d ago
I propose the city of Cedar Rapids have milkweed planters throughout the city. If we had planters, they hopefully would …
Kathy Griffith
Letters to the Editor Sep. 14, 2018 7:15 am2657d ago
James Houser apparently feels that ‘we the people,” who chose Stacey Walker to represent us on the Board of Supervisors, …
Josh Henderson
Letters to the Editor Sep. 14, 2018 7:15 am2657d ago
On Nov. 6, we need more activism in our political body that doesn’t lean left or to the right. We …
Rich Hillyer
Letters to the Editor Sep. 13, 2018 8:13 am2658d ago
I don’t think it’s a prudent gesture for any political party to allow an appointment to a lifelong position such …
Sam Osborne
Letters to the Editor Sep. 13, 2018 8:13 am2658d ago
One of the largest structures on the University of Iowa campus is the classroom facility dedicated to the tooling of …
Dan Daly
Letters to the Editor Sep. 12, 2018 12:13 pm2659d ago
Why, after just a few weeks on the job, did University of Iowa College of Law Dean Kevin Washburn decide …
Mary Croy
Letters to the Editor Sep. 12, 2018 12:13 pm2659d ago
Am I the only one who finds it interesting GO Cedar Rapids – which lost over $2 million on its …
James Schepker
Letters to the Editor Sep. 11, 2018 1:00 am2660d ago
The Labor-Management Relations Act of 1947, more popularly known as the Taft-Hartley Act, is the law of the land, governing …
Tom Braverman
Letters to the Editor Sep. 11, 2018 1:00 am2660d ago
The week of Sept. 9 is Direct Service Professionals recognition week. On behalf of the board of directors at Systems …
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