The Cedar Rapids City Council’s decision to banish panhandlers from Cedar Rapids is appalling. At the ordinance’s first reading the …
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Charlotte Joy Martin Letters to the Editor Aug. 6, 2017 1:00 am3122d ago
The Cedar Rapids City Council’s decision to banish panhandlers from Cedar Rapids is appalling. At the ordinance’s first reading the …
Sue Dirks Letters to the Editor Aug. 5, 2017 1:00 am3123d ago
Hmmm. I’m wondering if our president’s motto is: ‘If you scratch my back, I’ll stab yours.” Sue Dirks Marion
Lori Kendrick
Letters to the Editor Aug. 5, 2017 1:00 am3123d ago
I am a disabled Marine veteran. I was protesting with a friend at the Johnson County Fairgrounds. We opposed the …
Larry Bowen
Letters to the Editor Aug. 5, 2017 1:00 am3123d ago
I came across this Wikipedia definition: A role model is a person whose behavior, example, or success is or can …
Cindy Dircks
Letters to the Editor Aug. 4, 2017 1:00 am3124d ago
After seeing a recent report on KCRG in regard to the new vaccination law, I am concerned. KCRG reported on …
Ralph Cap
Letters to the Editor Aug. 4, 2017 1:00 am3124d ago
Do not keep less superior nations in the dark The July 27 Insight page has a column by Walter Williams …
James Schmitz
Letters to the Editor Aug. 3, 2017 3:35 pm3124d ago
Simple solution to the transgender issue and our military. Poll our military anonymously on how they feel on the transgender …
Harry Brown
Letters to the Editor Aug. 3, 2017 3:35 pm3124d ago
Recently, I along with other family members drove to the I Cubs field in Des Moines to watch a quarterfinals …
Eli Shepherd
Letters to the Editor Aug. 3, 2017 3:35 pm3124d ago
As Jim Hightower says, ‘politics isn’t about left versus right; it’s about bottom versus top.” At this moment in Iowa …
Roger Hines
Letters to the Editor Aug. 2, 2017 1:00 am3126d ago
This man sold his followers a bill of goods that turns out to be lies. President Donald Trump hasn’t brought …
Jan R. Wessel
Letters to the Editor Aug. 2, 2017 1:00 am3126d ago
I am writing to express my support for Ruthina Malone for Iowa City Community School Board. Malone is an all …
Joseph Fleming
Letters to the Editor Aug. 1, 2017 1:00 am3127d ago
Last year the Iowa Legislature ‘tweaked” Chapter 20 by destroying it and assaulting the working conditions of over 180,000 workers …
Rhonda Yoder
Letters to the Editor Aug. 1, 2017 1:00 am3127d ago
I live near a country road that is popular with bicyclists. It has no shoulders and several blind hills and …
Dean Barnum
Letters to the Editor Aug. 1, 2017 1:00 am3127d ago
Type 2 diabetes and heart disease are epidemic. Most Type 2 diabetes and heart disease patients are told they will …
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