The ultra liberal left has started to show its true colors since the election and those colors aren’t red, white …
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Pete Larson Letters to the Editor May. 13, 2017 1:00 am3207d ago
The ultra liberal left has started to show its true colors since the election and those colors aren’t red, white …
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Gov. Terry Branstad, The Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture celebrated its 30 anniversary last month. Ironically, it may never see …
Joe Schmall
Letters to the Editor May. 12, 2017 1:00 am3208d ago
Writers have commented on the recently concluded 2017 Iowa legislative session, covering hotly debated topics such as budget cuts, collective …
Mark Huston
Letters to the Editor May. 12, 2017 1:00 am3208d ago
I read with great interest the guest column by David Bringman in the April 26 Gazette (‘Some questions about ‘other …
Mary C. McCarthy
Letters to the Editor May. 11, 2017 1:00 am3209d ago
I have lived in three of Iowa’s quadrants. Very thankful I no longer live in Rep. Rod Blums’s quadrant. Mary …
Steven Franta
Letters to the Editor May. 11, 2017 1:00 am3209d ago
Recently, I heard president President Donald Trump say we need to lower health care premiums and deductibles. It does not …
Bryan Davis
Letters to the Editor May. 11, 2017 1:00 am3209d ago
Many people are calling for more civility in political discourse. U.S. Rep. Rod Blum is calling for it in his …
Darrel Wrider
Letters to the Editor May. 10, 2017 1:00 am3210d ago
Something’s wrong with the current state of Iowa Medicaid if The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (UIHC) is not …
Kris Cameron
Letters to the Editor May. 10, 2017 1:00 am3210d ago
April was Parkinson’s Awareness Month. Those who live with the disease, their care partners and their advocates will continue to …
Jeff McCuddin
Letters to the Editor May. 8, 2017 1:00 am3212d ago
I read the April 24 article ‘Jones Golf Course to stay open for the year.” The article states that the …
Shirley Fisher
Letters to the Editor May. 8, 2017 1:00 am3212d ago
I am a 92-year-old Republican woman. I married my high school sweetheart 73 years ago. My husband graduated from the …
Wendy Stokesbary
Letters to the Editor May. 7, 2017 1:00 am3213d ago
As a psychotherapist, my work with clients has evolved a great deal based on what I have learned about the …
Nate Hofmann
Letters to the Editor May. 7, 2017 1:00 am3213d ago
The Gazette’s April 30 article ‘Farm Bureau flourishes as water quality flags” lacks emphasis on a key piece of the …
Ann Marie Drop
Letters to the Editor May. 7, 2017 1:00 am3213d ago
I recently retired from the University of Iowa where I was a secretary in international programs. My work station was …
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