In the medical field there is a concept called herd immunity. The idea is that if a certain high percentage …
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Robert J. Boes Letters to the Editor Dec. 11, 2016 12:00 am3302d ago
In the medical field there is a concept called herd immunity. The idea is that if a certain high percentage …
Jack Pilling Letters to the Editor Dec. 11, 2016 12:00 am3302d ago
Lucy and the football, will she or won’t she? The presidential election was a roller-coaster ride, complete with a side …
David Hillman
Letters to the Editor Dec. 11, 2016 12:00 am3302d ago
The vocal minority of people who complain about the traffic cameras constantly make the statement that the cameras are in …
Marshall Beard
Letters to the Editor Dec. 11, 2016 12:00 am3302d ago
The guest column Dec. 3 by Kay Daubenmier ‘Urge lawmakers to reject pension proposal” is correct about the need to …
Arianne Waseen
Letters to the Editor Dec. 10, 2016 12:00 am3303d ago
My youngest child has been on Medicaid since shortly after birth due to an extremely low birth weight and was …
Tom Mohan
Letters to the Editor Dec. 10, 2016 12:00 am3303d ago
Maybe it was the ghost of Custer and all his annihilated arrogance and ignorance that tormented them into doing the …
Palmer Holden
Letters to the Editor Dec. 9, 2016 12:00 am3304d ago
Paul Schroedermeier forgot that it was the ‘village peasants” who rose up and got rid of Hillary Clinton (‘Reader: GOP …
Sean M. Ulmer
Letters to the Editor Dec. 9, 2016 12:00 am3304d ago
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! On Nov. 4, the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art held its annual Gala. It …
Sonia Ettinger
Letters to the Editor Dec. 8, 2016 12:00 am3305d ago
‘Trust me” seems to be the mantra for president-elect Donald Trump. His conflicts of interest with his global business holdings …
Dale Fitzgibbons
Letters to the Editor Dec. 8, 2016 12:00 am3305d ago
Remember when GOP presidential candidate John McCain lost the 2008 election and conservatives nationwide staged protests, sit-ins, walkouts and riots, …
William Ashby
Letters to the Editor Dec. 7, 2016 12:00 am3306d ago
Regarding the Nov. 27 letter ‘Listen to the voters and build a casino” by Donna Myers: Since the inception of …
Bobbie Paxton
Letters to the Editor Dec. 7, 2016 12:00 am3306d ago
It was awful to see the New York Times Nov. 19 story ‘At Iowa High School, Election Results Kindle Tensions …
Jim Highly
Letters to the Editor Dec. 7, 2016 12:00 am3306d ago
Perhaps it’s time for a multitude of Iowans to write and tweet the president-elect asking him to find a post …
Beth Porter
Letters to the Editor Dec. 6, 2016 12:00 am3307d ago
I am writing in regards to the future of Ely’s Old Stone Bridge on Stone Bridge Road in rural Monticello. …
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