A recent letter writer insisted Republicans aren’t anti-immigrant; they just want immigrants to come legally. This common refrain overlooks a …
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Marie White Letters to the Editor Jan. 28, 2025 6:00 am383d ago
A recent letter writer insisted Republicans aren’t anti-immigrant; they just want immigrants to come legally. This common refrain overlooks a …
William Lester Letters to the Editor Jan. 27, 2025 6:43 am384d ago
I wonder what Senator Grassley is thinking now? As the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, I wonder if Sen. Chuck …
Jeff Thompson
Letters to the Editor Jan. 26, 2025 6:00 am385d ago
Maybe I missed it. Since you are going to be producing only three printed newspapers a week, surely you are …
Mike Hayes
Letters to the Editor Jan. 26, 2025 6:00 am385d ago
Goodbye and good riddance to Joe Biden. He will go down as the worst president in my lifetime, and I …
John Kerkman
Letters to the Editor Jan. 26, 2025 6:00 am385d ago
Wow, this really happened. Iowa State Sen. Mike Bousselot stated he plans to introduce legislation to buy back parts of …
Abigail Frandzen
Letters to the Editor Jan. 26, 2025 6:00 am385d ago
I’ve spent a lot of time in casinos across the Midwest as a lounge singer. There’s an atmosphere surrounding these …
Curt Zingula
Letters to the Editor Jan. 25, 2025 6:00 am386d ago
A United Nations global warming report in 1989 predicted, “rising seas could obliterate nations by 2000.” In 2008, media mogul …
David Duer
Letters to the Editor Jan. 24, 2025 6:00 am387d ago
Our 47th president has taken office. He’s repeatedly claimed to have won by a landslide. He did receive 49.8% of …
John Menninger
Letters to the Editor Jan. 23, 2025 6:30 am388d ago
Weddings typically include vows by the groom and bride, vows promising faithfulness. These vows are taken voluntarily before assembled guests, …
Steve Sovern
Letters to the Editor Jan. 23, 2025 6:30 am388d ago
The Iowa MAGA Republicans are targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion to logically foster their antonyms of sameness, favoritism, and separation. …
Dave Markward
Letters to the Editor Jan. 22, 2025 10:49 am389d ago
I am honored and pleased to serve as a Cedar Rapids Community School District Future-Ready Facilities Plan Bond Task Force …
Frank Durham
Letters to the Editor Jan. 22, 2025 8:57 am389d ago
The headline above the editorial in The Gazette’s Jan. 2, 2025, issue, “More diversity is needed in higher ed,” seemed …
Jim Walters
Letters to the Editor Jan. 22, 2025 8:57 am389d ago
Here’s a thought. With Republicans in complete control at the Statehouse, and committed to lowering taxes and smaller government, and …
Mary McBee
Letters to the Editor Jan. 22, 2025 8:56 am389d ago
In the mid 1800s the U.S. government persuaded the Meskwaki to sell their inhabited Iowa lands for 7-11 cents per …
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