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I am writing in response to a statistic contained in the education article regarding college readiness in the Dec. 26 …
According to James Schmitz, ‘Not only did Trump win – he won big” (‘Election was fair and honest,” Dec. 19). …
With all the concern about whether or not we should require voter ID, why not try a simple compromise. The …
Public school education is essential to a democracy. ESAs (Educational Savings Accounts), charter schools and voucher programs analyzed in several …
The Gazette has covered a number of recent stories concerning traffic deaths. First, that the number of Iowa fatalities involving …
President Barack Obama is on his Hawaii vacation costing taxpayers millions of dollars. Wouldn’t it have been nice if he …
Pints & Politics
A periodic, lighthearted look at Iowa political news from The Gazette's opinion desk.
A few years ago I had the opportunity to attend the Citizens Police Academy and it was fantastic. I was …
Lynda Waddington is concerned about potential moves to tighten Iowa voter ID laws. In her Dec. 17 column ‘Lawmakers’ top …
In December 2015, members of a small cadre of non-professional writers met at The Gazette offices to discuss the past …
My father died last summer. His was the middle-class story of America’s 20th century: born in a Depression; served in …
For most people, the big news event of 2016 was the presidential election. My resolution for 2017 is that we …
My 2017 wish is simple, ‘Hope.” Hope based on the belief that tomorrow can be better than today and the …
Our nation is struggling. Facts are taking second seat to attitudes and falsehoods. Good jobs of days past are gone. …
The prefix, ‘comm,” has been around for 700 years: ‘communication,” ‘the commons,” a ‘commune,” ‘communitarian,” ‘communal” – and ‘community.” My …
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