I was saddened to read that Bill Bills passed away suddenly at the age of 52. I think few people …
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I was saddened to read that Bill Bills passed away suddenly at the age of 52. I think few people …
When our Constitution was drafted, there was a strong Federalist sentiment that religious laws should be written at the state …
I don’t understand why there are six new principals at the Cedar Rapids schools at once. Why is there such …
As I pondered ‘life” on my daily walk I could not help feeling blessed living in Cedar Rapids and being …
Register to vote online or at the Johnson County Administration Building, it matters. State clean water, schools and city funding …
So the judge won’t approve landowners’ request that the court act to hold up pipeline construction because they hadn’t tried …
Pints & Politics
A periodic, lighthearted look at Iowa political news from The Gazette's opinion desk.
Come Nov. 8, I will be supporting Rep. Rod Blum for these reasons: He knows we cannot tax our country …
To me, all the hoopla by politicians about raising the minimum wage is an admission that their economic policies have …
Seven years ago, our vegetable garden produced a bumper crop, too much for our family to consume. My wife advised …
Does it seem like the national news, other than the presidential election contest, has been dominated by thousand year disasters? …
Staggering declines in the number of people playing golf or even taking it up these days suggest we have hit …
In recent newspaper ads, Rep. Rod Blum has spun several shopworn proposals for reforming Congress. Among them: term limits. How …
I get tired of politicians claiming to ‘fight” for us. Maybe they argue and negotiate for us, but unless they …
I recently saw Monica Vernon’s ad on television and I was pleased to see a positive message. Vernon is the …
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