In the wake of the Florida school shooting, it is interesting to note that one of the last officials acts …
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Tim Negro Letters to the Editor Apr. 8, 2018 1:00 am2817d ago
In the wake of the Florida school shooting, it is interesting to note that one of the last officials acts …
Mike Wyrick Letters to the Editor Apr. 8, 2018 1:00 am2817d ago
I am concerned about the deteriorating situation in the Middle East and our government’s handling of it. President Donald Trump’s …
Julie Stewart Ziesman
Letters to the Editor Apr. 8, 2018 1:00 am2817d ago
Unfortunately, there are many who think that young people have no right to express their opinions because they do not …
Jessica Mullenix
Letters to the Editor Apr. 8, 2018 1:00 am2817d ago
Every day thousands of people with multiple sclerosis, more commonly known as MS, do whatever it takes to continue moving …
Dan Feuling
Letters to the Editor Apr. 8, 2018 1:00 am2817d ago
What political candidates do or say when on stage in the spotlight with cameras running is important, but what people …
Tracy Anderson
Letters to the Editor Apr. 7, 2018 1:00 am2818d ago
The National Rifle Association promotes select teachers bearing guns in the classroom for a cynical reason: it will sell more …
Teagan Roeder
Letters to the Editor Apr. 7, 2018 1:00 am2818d ago
Ever since I was 15, I have considered myself a political activist – actively volunteering with several campaigns and organizations …
Rob Dietrich
Letters to the Editor Apr. 6, 2018 1:00 am2819d ago
It’s the young people marching to defend their schools from gun violence. It’s their teachers who are marching to defend …
Andrew Bunce
Letters to the Editor Apr. 6, 2018 1:00 am2819d ago
While reading the congratulatory Gazette article about Franklin Middle School students ‘taking the initiative” for ‘change,” I kept thinking to …
Mark Hoover
Letters to the Editor Apr. 5, 2018 1:00 am2820d ago
Where did it all go so wrong? If you are a law-abiding legal aged gun lover, why would you object …
Steve Panther
Letters to the Editor Apr. 5, 2018 1:00 am2820d ago
Do we get the government we deserve? Citizenship is not a spectator sport. For a democracy to succeed, its citizens …
Joe Bolkcom
Letters to the Editor Apr. 4, 2018 7:42 am2821d ago
When Gov. Kim Reynolds fired Iowa Finance Authority director David Jamison for sexual harassment in the workplace, she said: ‘I …
Donna Rohrssen
Letters to the Editor Apr. 4, 2018 7:42 am2821d ago
As I sit here, I can’t help but think of the mess our country is in. Things don’t seem to …
Alejandro Comellas
Letters to the Editor Apr. 3, 2018 1:00 am2822d ago
I came from Venezuela to the U.S. 20 years ago. Since I moved to Iowa 10 years ago, my family …
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