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Charles Halsey Letters to the Editor Mar. 21, 2017 12:00 pm3260d ago
Question. Did you vote Republican in the last election? If you did I assume you do not object to the …
Dale Netherton Letters to the Editor Mar. 20, 2017 1:00 am3261d ago
The loud cries for the government to determine what an employer must pay is an unlearned lesson that needs reiteration. …
Laddie D. Oliver
Letters to the Editor Mar. 20, 2017 1:00 am3261d ago
The stalemate of representative government at local and state levels is causing internal turmoil. However, the stalemate at the U.S. …
Laure Wess Peters
Letters to the Editor Mar. 19, 2017 1:00 am3262d ago
The voter ID bill being debated in the Legislature purports to eliminate voter fraud and to update the voting process. …
Deborah VanderGaast
Letters to the Editor Mar. 19, 2017 1:00 am3262d ago
Sen. Chuck Grassley has the power to end the division and dysfunction in our government. In 2009, he was part …
Sara Sedlacek
Letters to the Editor Mar. 19, 2017 1:00 am3262d ago
March at The Crisis Center of Johnson County started off with a successful pancake breakfast. We served more than 1,000 …
Dave Johnson
Letters to the Editor Mar. 19, 2017 1:00 am3262d ago
As a 60 year Cedar Rapidian and longtime golfer I would like to give my two cents on a couple …
Steve Wikert
Letters to the Editor Mar. 19, 2017 1:00 am3262d ago
The Bible wrote about sin and honesty when Eve ate ‘fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil.” …
Sonia Ettinger
Letters to the Editor Mar. 19, 2017 1:00 am3262d ago
Those who hoped President Donald Trump would ‘Make America Great Again” are being sorely disappointed. This country is in greater …
Darin Luneckas
Letters to the Editor Mar. 19, 2017 1:00 am3262d ago
There are 20 changes proposed in the two identical workers’ compensation bills that passed out of Iowa’s House and Senate …
William Mulcahey
Letters to the Editor Mar. 19, 2017 1:00 am3262d ago
In light of the fact that Republicans have written off Rep. Steve King as a fringe player in legitimate policy …
Robert J. Boes
Letters to the Editor Mar. 18, 2017 1:00 am3263d ago
A caution that most people have been exposed to is to be careful what you wish for. In recent elections …
John Reyland
Letters to the Editor Mar. 18, 2017 1:00 am3263d ago
After reading some of your, in my opinion, left-leaning coverage of the Planned Parenthood funding debate, I wish someone would …
Joan Seeber
Letters to the Editor Mar. 18, 2017 1:00 am3263d ago
President Donald Trump and Congress talk a lot about freedom – their reason for replacing the Affordable Care Act, eliminating …
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