As I sit here with a desk full of 2016 paperwork and the latest update for TurboTax software, I am …
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Bev George Taylor Letters to the Editor Feb. 7, 2017 12:00 am3303d ago
As I sit here with a desk full of 2016 paperwork and the latest update for TurboTax software, I am …
Melinda Altman Letters to the Editor Feb. 7, 2017 12:00 am3303d ago
My son is a paramedic. He saves lives and heals people in emergency situations. He’s there when we need him, …
Mike Humbert
Letters to the Editor Feb. 7, 2017 12:00 am3303d ago
As a devoted fan of TV’s Perry Mason, I am gratified The Gazette noted the passing of Barbara Hale. As …
Aime J. Wichtendahl
Letters to the Editor Feb. 6, 2017 12:00 am3304d ago
It’s worth remembering that Cedar Rapids is home to North America’s oldest mosque. And that the only time we experienced …
Charles McEowen
Letters to the Editor Feb. 6, 2017 12:00 am3304d ago
Snout cars fit in snout garages. All cars are snout design. It would be wrong to try to change them …
Dean Varner
Letters to the Editor Feb. 6, 2017 12:00 am3304d ago
In his Jan. 23 guest column ‘Balance all interests when crafting gun laws,” Jeremy Brigham said he’d like to live …
Jim Davis
Letters to the Editor Feb. 6, 2017 12:00 am3304d ago
While we are bombarded daily in the media about the damage Republicans are wreaking daily at the federal level, we …
Karl Knutson
Letters to the Editor Feb. 6, 2017 12:00 am3304d ago
Dear Sen. Jason Schultz, I understand that firing automatic weapons is part of the training in the Iowa National Guard, …
Sami Scheetz
Letters to the Editor Feb. 5, 2017 12:00 am3305d ago
Last September, my mom celebrated the 30th anniversary of her moving from Damascus, Syria, to Cedar Rapids. She left Syria …
Aileen Chang-Matus
Letters to the Editor Feb. 5, 2017 12:00 am3305d ago
I am deeply grieved by the president’s blocking all refugees, immigrants and visa holders from several mainly Muslim countries, from …
UI law professors
Letters to the Editor Feb. 5, 2017 12:00 am3305d ago
An open letter to our international students, We, the undersigned law professors at the University of Iowa College of Law, …
Erin Becker
Letters to the Editor Feb. 5, 2017 12:00 am3305d ago
Cedar Rapids has always been a place that welcomes immigrants, refugees and people from different cultures and faiths. I remember …
John Stiegelmeyer
Letters to the Editor Feb. 5, 2017 12:00 am3305d ago
I will not be intimidated by the loud chanting, sign waving left-wing individuals or the inaccurate megaphone ranting of Sen. …
Clemens A. Erdahl
Letters to the Editor Feb. 5, 2017 12:00 am3305d ago
President Donald Trump believes that limitations on immigration and torture of our enemies will be effective in protecting our country. …
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