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Gloria Melsha Letters to the Editor Jul. 30, 2018 1:00 am2763d ago
I really do care. Do you? Find the wisdom to help our brothers and sisters and force will not be …
Renita Herman Letters to the Editor Jul. 30, 2018 1:00 am2763d ago
With newbo evolve tickets over $400, Cedar Rapids has chosen to price the middle- and low-income families out of its …
Cathy Meyer
Letters to the Editor Jul. 30, 2018 1:00 am2763d ago
I agree with the July 15 editorial, ‘Federal candidates must go beyond partisanship.” One critical issue that has strong bipartisan …
Wilma Rettig
Letters to the Editor Jul. 30, 2018 1:00 am2763d ago
The situation would be funny if it weren’t so sad. I started my own preschool and taught 3- to 5-year-old …
John Carver
Letters to the Editor Jul. 30, 2018 1:00 am2763d ago
The president of the United States, Donald John Trump, laid his cards on the table at this Iowa stop. While …
Bill Strilich
Letters to the Editor Jul. 29, 2018 1:00 am2764d ago
The United States of America finds itself on a slippery slope to extinction due to brutal societal polarization. What happened? …
Julie Heath
Letters to the Editor Jul. 29, 2018 1:00 am2764d ago
What makes America great undoubtedly means different things to different people. Let us never forget that love, compassion and equality …
Mary Kemen
Letters to the Editor Jul. 29, 2018 1:00 am2764d ago
U.S. Rep. Rod Blum is correct that we must stand up to hateful rhetoric. Obviously, he chooses to sit when …
Richard Hull
Letters to the Editor Jul. 28, 2018 1:00 am2765d ago
I am writing in response to Lynda Waddington’s July 14 column ‘Tax cuts can’t ease trade fears.” This is not …
Mike Klug
Letters to the Editor Jul. 28, 2018 1:00 am2765d ago
Vice President Mike Pence wrote in a July 11 guest editorial that the Trump agenda is working for Iowa. To …
Robert Sprengeler
Letters to the Editor Jul. 27, 2018 9:00 am2765d ago
As a former Republican, I appreciate the accolades the late Gov. Robert D. Ray has been accorded for his humanitarianism. …
Brian Rummelhart
Letters to the Editor Jul. 27, 2018 9:00 am2765d ago
Heat exhaustion can sneak up on you, causing increased body temperature, rapid pulse, headache and fatigue. If you don’t get …
John Stiegelmeyer
Letters to the Editor Jul. 27, 2018 9:00 am2765d ago
This ‘resistance” movement is getting out of hand. Tone down the rhetoric or more people will get hurt or worse. …
Stephen Kemble
Letters to the Editor Jul. 27, 2018 9:00 am2765d ago
Thanks to The Gazette for having told us about the first-ever Ride the Districts bike tour through the southwest side’s …
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