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Bonnie Canfield Letters to the Editor Feb. 12, 2017 12:00 am3239d ago
This is written to the residents of Linn County and the family of Dr. Percy Harris: I am a retired …
Del Swartzendruber Letters to the Editor Feb. 12, 2017 12:00 am3239d ago
You would think that after Flint, Michigan’s drinking water debacle, the last thing the country wants or needs is more …
Gisela Gunderson
Letters to the Editor Feb. 12, 2017 12:00 am3239d ago
With regard to Sami Scheetz’s Feb. 5 letter ‘Trump’s immigration ban is un-American,” I expect his mother had documentation to …
Russ Bennett
Letters to the Editor Feb. 11, 2017 12:00 am3240d ago
Some Iowans may be wondering what the current administration’s plans are for our state. You don’t need to look far …
Dennis Lynch
Letters to the Editor Feb. 11, 2017 12:00 am3240d ago
I have no opinion regarding the ‘snout” house design. I am more appalled by the expansion of chromatically monotonous housing …
Judy Anderson
Letters to the Editor Feb. 11, 2017 12:00 am3240d ago
Republicans in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives are rushing headlong to repeal the Affordable Care Act and there …
Jessica Rundlett
Letters to the Editor Feb. 10, 2017 12:00 am3241d ago
I am aghast at how many people – both cyclists and non-cyclists – believe that requiring cyclists to operate with …
Harold Hensel
Letters to the Editor Feb. 10, 2017 12:00 am3241d ago
Widespread use of biochar as a soil amendment can reduce carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere. …
Eileen Goodrich
Letters to the Editor Feb. 10, 2017 12:00 am3241d ago
We had a wall. It was called the Berlin Wall. We don’t need another wall. Eileen Goodrich Cedar Rapids
Bruce Brown
Letters to the Editor Feb. 9, 2017 12:00 am3242d ago
We are moving down a path to malignant autocracy. So far on that journey we have seen and heard maligning …
Austin Lewis
Letters to the Editor Feb. 9, 2017 12:00 am3242d ago
Over the last few months, people across the country have been absorbing the results of the 2016 election. For better …
Bill Ashby
Letters to the Editor Feb. 8, 2017 12:00 am3243d ago
The Jan. 29 Insight section contained a column and a guest column demonstrating the same problem: Our freedoms only extend …
Roger Schnittjer
Letters to the Editor Feb. 8, 2017 12:00 am3243d ago
Sen. Chuck Grassley, You were happy to endorse Donald Trump for POTUS. You also were happy to ignore the intent …
Kris Johnson
Letters to the Editor Feb. 8, 2017 12:00 am3243d ago
In these uncertain times, working families value the safety and security of health coverage more than ever. Some members of …
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