Sen. Chuck Grassley, at a recent forum you gave President Donald Trump a B-plus or A-minus for his actions since …
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Bob Sprengeler Letters to the Editor Mar. 30, 2017 1:00 am3251d ago
Sen. Chuck Grassley, at a recent forum you gave President Donald Trump a B-plus or A-minus for his actions since …
Margaret Bartlett Letters to the Editor Mar. 28, 2017 1:00 am3253d ago
Bipartisan investigators have determined there is no evidence to back up President Donald Trump’s wiretapping claims against President Barack Obama. …
Dean Barnum
Letters to the Editor Mar. 28, 2017 1:00 am3253d ago
My ex favorite political party is moving radically to the right and unless stopped will bump into the nationalistic philosophies …
Craig J. Dzikonski
Letters to the Editor Mar. 28, 2017 1:00 am3253d ago
As both of my friends spent spring break somewhere other than Cedar Rapids, I was left alone trying to make …
Jim Walters
Letters to the Editor Mar. 27, 2017 1:00 am3254d ago
State Rep. Bobby Kaufmann is ‘eyeing” a run against Congressman Dave Loebsack (‘Bobby Kaufmann eyes congressional run,” March 18). He …
Roger Schnittjer
Letters to the Editor Mar. 27, 2017 1:00 am3254d ago
The president’s job is to protect the American public as President Donald Trump has often said. Protecting the American public …
Alvin Cummings
Letters to the Editor Mar. 27, 2017 1:00 am3254d ago
Recently, I was perusing World Book Encyclopedia in search of information on an author, when I came upon an entry …
Kathy Healy
Letters to the Editor Mar. 26, 2017 1:00 am3255d ago
For most of my 68 years I have lived in Linn County and have been surrounded by my Caucasian relatives, …
Michael Fritz
Letters to the Editor Mar. 26, 2017 1:00 am3255d ago
We are going to cut taxes. Sound familiar? It’s the oldest Republican slogan and now that voters believed it, the …
John A. Gross
Letters to the Editor Mar. 26, 2017 1:00 am3255d ago
Last week my wife and I took our grandson on his first visit to Chicago on his spring break. One …
Mary A. Craig
Letters to the Editor Mar. 26, 2017 1:00 am3255d ago
Did the backers of the Crestwood housing project have any members attend the council meeting the night it was voted …
Karen Johnson
Letters to the Editor Mar. 26, 2017 1:00 am3255d ago
Dear President Donald Trump, My father was foreman at General Electric in Massachusetts from the 1940s to 1970. He was …
Wendy Barth
Letters to the Editor Mar. 26, 2017 1:00 am3255d ago
Dear Joni Ernst, I was at your Cedar Rapids town hall on March 17, but I didn’t get to ask …
Al Schafbuch
Letters to the Editor Mar. 26, 2017 1:00 am3255d ago
As a Benton County farmer for 25 years, I’ve seen big improvements in the farming industry. For the past 25 …
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