Like all bullies, President Donald Trump uses belittling nicknames to battle his opponents. It is interesting that if one follows …
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Anne Mary Michael Letters to the Editor Aug. 18, 2018 6:00 am2684d ago
Like all bullies, President Donald Trump uses belittling nicknames to battle his opponents. It is interesting that if one follows …
Christine Lawler Letters to the Editor Aug. 18, 2018 6:00 am2684d ago
The words ‘My subject is war, and the pity of war,” are etched on the Memorial Stone around the names …
Palmer Holden
Letters to the Editor Aug. 18, 2018 1:00 am2685d ago
Has anyone else noticed that the country is now being ruled by unelected judges, often by themselves, instead of the …
Bruce R. Bachmann
Letters to the Editor Aug. 18, 2018 1:00 am2685d ago
I applaud Governor Kim Reynold’s release of her income taxes and am encouraged that her Democratic opponent, Fred Hubbell, plans …
Solveig Moore
Letters to the Editor Aug. 17, 2018 6:25 pm2685d ago
Sen. Chuck Grassley, in his guest column on Sunday, states that the Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee are hoping …
Cheryl Anderson
Letters to the Editor Aug. 17, 2018 12:00 pm2685d ago
Today’s political climate is nothing less than divisive. It is difficult to sort through the ‘noise” and determine who is …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 17, 2018 12:00 pm2685d ago
It has been more than a year since Rod Blum’s last public meeting. Regardless of political affiliation, we should all …
Linda Svoboda
Letters to the Editor Aug. 16, 2018 1:00 am2687d ago
One day’s Gazette headlines (July 24) provide a glimpse into erosion of U.S. and global institutions, workers’ rights, and the …
Julie Stewart Ziesman
Letters to the Editor Aug. 16, 2018 1:00 am2687d ago
After the filing of the freedom of information request by the Democratic Senators was denied, I became concerned about the …
Iowa Rep. Art Staed
Letters to the Editor Aug. 15, 2018 6:00 am2687d ago
Recently, the University of Iowa announced its plan to close the Labor Center, Iowa’s only institution dedicated to labor-related education …
Hal Dendurent
Letters to the Editor Aug. 15, 2018 6:00 am2687d ago
Climate change is a political issue only because the Republicans made it so. Otherwise, with all the tumult we’ve been …
Douglas Wagner
Letters to the Editor Aug. 14, 2018 6:00 am2688d ago
I read Betsy Brown’s letter ‘Keep politics out of Linn County Fair” in the Friday, Aug. 10, Gazette. She complained …
Dwight Jensen, Bill Hedlund, Martin Jensen
Letters to the Editor Aug. 14, 2018 6:00 am2688d ago
As surviving members of the staff of Iowa Gov. Harold E. Hughes in the 1960s, we have read with interest …
Tim O’Brien
Letters to the Editor Aug. 13, 2018 6:00 am2689d ago
Your reward will come in the afterlife, they said. Wait until marriage, they said. Give Trump’s tariffs some time, they …
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