Voters in most states voted for financial relief and for more control at the border, which are very realistic desires. …
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Sonia Ettinger Letters to the Editor Nov. 30, 2024 6:00 am381d ago
Voters in most states voted for financial relief and for more control at the border, which are very realistic desires. …
Frank Kintzle Letters to the Editor Nov. 30, 2024 6:00 am381d ago
Here is my question, why would anyone prevent Cedar Rapids from having a casino when we have a capitalist economic …
Paul Deaton
Letters to the Editor Nov. 28, 2024 6:00 am383d ago
A Confederate flag is on display near where I live. These flags are sprinkled around the state like confetti from …
Gretchen Reeh-Robinson
Letters to the Editor Nov. 27, 2024 6:00 am384d ago
I’m reading less journalism (The Gazette included.) I’ve turned off CNN. MSNBC was shelved months ago. Local TV news is …
Dale Richey
Letters to the Editor Nov. 26, 2024 11:15 am385d ago
On Saturday Oct. 26 The Gazette had an editorial on how the clean energy sector was providing many new jobs. …
Robin Skogman
Letters to the Editor Nov. 26, 2024 6:00 am385d ago
As a Trump supporter, I was obviously elated with the recent presidential election results. However, the “other side” seems to …
Mark Conzett
Letters to the Editor Nov. 26, 2024 6:00 am385d ago
Cedar Rapids, we can do better than a casino. Rather than introducing something into our community that has the potential …
Pat O'Malley
Letters to the Editor Nov. 25, 2024 9:28 am386d ago
In May of 2021 Elon Musk hosted the long running skit comedy show, Saturday Night Live. One of the sketches …
Cecil Roper
Letters to the Editor Nov. 25, 2024 9:26 am386d ago
Later this month, President Biden will pardon two turkeys at the White House, a symbolic gesture of mercy. Yet, every …
Henry Royer
Letters to the Editor Nov. 25, 2024 6:00 am386d ago
Wally Taylor, Chair of the Iowa Chapter of the Sierra Club, wrote a Nov. 10 guest column stating that restarting …
Jack Henry Putman
Letters to the Editor Nov. 25, 2024 6:00 am386d ago
Recently, data from the state suggests that Cedar Rapids students are falling behind their peers across the state in all …
Ron Moore
Letters to the Editor Nov. 24, 2024 6:00 am387d ago
I was appalled to learn in a recent Gazette article on Iowa’s Report Card on Public Schools that the Cedar …
David Elledge
Letters to the Editor Nov. 24, 2024 6:00 am387d ago
Anyone who cares to do some in-depth research on Karl Marx will find out that first and foremost he was …
Darrel Dennis
Letters to the Editor Nov. 24, 2024 6:00 am387d ago
Cedar Rapids doesn’t need a casino. (We won’t ever get one, anyway.) Dan Kehl is right. We don’t even need …
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