It was so nice to read the progress being made in the closing of four more Planned Parenthood facilities in …
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Marilyn Pleiness Letters to the Editor Jun. 20, 2017 1:00 am3169d ago
It was so nice to read the progress being made in the closing of four more Planned Parenthood facilities in …
Tom Jacobson Letters to the Editor Jun. 19, 2017 1:00 am3170d ago
It was dismaying watching Sen. Chuck Grassley play a key role in stealing a Supreme Court pick from President Barack …
Jon Volz
Letters to the Editor Jun. 19, 2017 1:00 am3170d ago
Years ago when I started in the sales profession, an instructor in one of my first classes made the statement, …
Carol Thompson
Letters to the Editor Jun. 18, 2017 1:00 am3171d ago
Congress has dithered for eight years trying to devise a plan to replace Obamacare. The best they have come up …
Jack Pilling
Letters to the Editor Jun. 18, 2017 1:00 am3171d ago
I have been playing golf in Cedar Rapids since 1966. I would sneak out of Jefferson High School with some …
Brian Scott
Letters to the Editor Jun. 18, 2017 1:00 am3171d ago
I urge the board at NewBo to commit to being open more days, open earlier on those open days, and …
Joe Henderson
Letters to the Editor Jun. 18, 2017 1:00 am3171d ago
I feel fortunate to have attended schools in the Iowa City Community School District (ICCSD). The exemplary education I received …
Pete Larson
Letters to the Editor Jun. 17, 2017 1:00 am3172d ago
The latest shooting incident in Alexandria, Virginia, reflects the level to which political vitriol has risen and its unintended effects. …
Jerry Chaffee
Letters to the Editor Jun. 17, 2017 1:00 am3172d ago
There was a time when journalists and journalism would separate personal bias from truth, facts and reality. But The Cedar …
JoLynn Glanzer
Letters to the Editor Jun. 17, 2017 1:00 am3172d ago
So, you don’t like the president and you don’t like Congress. I get it. So, Kathy Griffin held up an …
Robert J. Boes
Letters to the Editor Jun. 16, 2017 1:00 am3173d ago
‘Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes into hours?” This is a …
Juergen Bruckner
Letters to the Editor Jun. 16, 2017 1:00 am3173d ago
Nancy Pelosi opined at the Affordable Care Act passage that we will have to see how it works. Under present …
LaVerne Johnson
Letters to the Editor Jun. 15, 2017 1:00 am3174d ago
The Iowa Farm Bureau, the Iowa Soybean Association and the Iowa Corn Growers have a policy against giving power of …
Herman Lenz
Letters to the Editor Jun. 15, 2017 1:00 am3174d ago
When I heard those enforcement cameras were not giving out tickets, I knew the speeds would go through the sky. …
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