It’s the young people marching to defend their schools from gun violence. It’s their teachers who are marching to defend …
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Rob Dietrich Letters to the Editor Apr. 6, 2018 1:00 am2878d 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 am2878d 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 am2879d 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 am2879d 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 am2880d 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 am2880d 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 am2881d ago
I came from Venezuela to the U.S. 20 years ago. Since I moved to Iowa 10 years ago, my family …
John Swanson
Letters to the Editor Apr. 3, 2018 1:00 am2881d ago
While speaking at a training facility for the International Union of Operating Engineers in Ohio President Donald Trump stated, ‘I …
Carol Woodson
Letters to the Editor Apr. 2, 2018 1:00 am2882d ago
The first part of the five-part series written by Ben Visser about Iowa State University’s associate head wrestling coach, Mike …
Paulette Ash
Letters to the Editor Apr. 2, 2018 1:00 am2882d ago
Why is nothing being done to prevent Russia from hacking our elections? Christopher Steele is a patriot, he has nothing …
Sydney Heims
Letters to the Editor Apr. 2, 2018 1:00 am2882d ago
What should we do about the gun control in the United States? Many people have different opinions about what should …
Susie Petra
Letters to the Editor Apr. 2, 2018 1:00 am2882d ago
The Senate Republicans are again trying to divert public funds to pay for voucher-schemes, using terms like ‘education savings accounts” …
Tim Bickel
Letters to the Editor Apr. 1, 2018 1:00 am2883d ago
Recent opinions about impending Iowa legislation protecting preborn life from a ‘heartbeat” to childbirth prompted outcries. Reproductive rights advocates and …
Amy Bruner
Letters to the Editor Apr. 1, 2018 1:00 am2883d ago
Fabled mighty warriors in the African Masai tribe surprisingly greet other warriors by asking, ‘and how are the children?” This …
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