I met three angels last week. After parking my car to pick up a takeout order at a local restaurant …
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Joanne Trcka Letters to the Editor Apr. 6, 2017 1:00 am3244d ago
I met three angels last week. After parking my car to pick up a takeout order at a local restaurant …
Lynn Gallagher Letters to the Editor Apr. 6, 2017 1:00 am3244d ago
Sows on CAFOs (concentrated animal feeding operations) live almost their entire lives in extreme confinement in gestation and farrowing crates. …
Kenneth A. Hubel M.D.
Letters to the Editor Apr. 5, 2017 1:00 am3245d ago
Harold Varmus was the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from 1993 to 1999 and of the National …
Sam Osborne
Letters to the Editor Apr. 5, 2017 1:00 am3245d ago
To assure good times for some folks and not necessarily for all, Iowa Republican politicians are intent on rolling back …
Nathalie Cruden
Letters to the Editor Apr. 5, 2017 1:00 am3245d ago
The practice of seclusion and restraints isn’t a special education issue; it’s an education problem. If your child attends school …
Rich Hillyer
Letters to the Editor Apr. 5, 2017 1:00 am3245d ago
Would someone please explain to me why President Donald Trump, who proudly stated that ‘I alone can fix it” has …
Eileen McDermott
Letters to the Editor Apr. 4, 2017 1:00 am3246d ago
Obviously, our city has learned absolutely nothing from changing some of the streets from one-way to two-way. It’s the biggest …
Jeff Barnes
Letters to the Editor Apr. 4, 2017 1:00 am3246d ago
Thank you, Todd Dorman, for your ‘Skipping forums is bad form” column on Thursday, March 30, regarding the Republican lawmakers …
Daniel Langfield
Letters to the Editor Apr. 4, 2017 1:00 am3246d ago
So Jared Kushner is heading a newly created government agency to make government operate like a business. That’s quite a …
Kevin McCarville
Letters to the Editor Apr. 2, 2017 1:00 am3248d ago
With this year’s state legislative session entering its home stretch, I’m asking lawmakers to take another look at our education …
Bryan Davis
Letters to the Editor Apr. 2, 2017 1:00 am3248d ago
There seems to be a steady stream of community letters saying that we all need to show respect for Donald …
Bradd Brown
Letters to the Editor Apr. 2, 2017 1:00 am3248d ago
Every time I walk through the door of the Cedar Rapids Public Library, I can’t help but smile at the …
Larry A. Stone
Letters to the Editor Apr. 2, 2017 1:00 am3248d ago
By limiting ‘nuisance” livestock lawsuits, Iowa Legislators apparently think toxic fumes and drug-resistant bacteria associated with industrial agriculture are OK …
Stephen Brubaker
Letters to the Editor Apr. 2, 2017 1:00 am3248d ago
So, the city of Cedar Rapids wants to change some one way streets to two way streets due to bad …
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