The Iowa middle class has been shrinking for decades. Hardworking Iowans are seeing stagnating wages, jobs shipped overseas and a …
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The Iowa middle class has been shrinking for decades. Hardworking Iowans are seeing stagnating wages, jobs shipped overseas and a …
An election is coming, you can tell by increasing robocalls and email newsletters. Iowa’s congresspeople are hitting high gear ‘communicating” …
I am a very patriotic individual who loves his country and my flag very much. I don’t like it when …
As a recent Gazette article about Medicaid privatization noted, a survey of over 400 hospitals, clinics, medical supply companies and …
The Iowa City Veterans Administration Medical Center is the best hospital a veteran with special needs can get care for …
I am a volunteer driver for the American Cancer Society’s Road to Recovery program. The program relies on volunteer drivers …
Pints & Politics
A periodic, lighthearted look at Iowa political news from The Gazette's opinion desk.
Rod Blum’s failure to denounce the vile attacks on a fallen Army veteran’s family is just another example of his …
I encourage Iowans in the First District to vote for Congressman Rod Blum. When I talk to Blum, I find …
In reference to The Gazette’s ‘Faith and Values” column July 23, it seems strange to me to have a feature …
In a hospital room a couple of older men were discussing frustrations about the politics and legalities involved in land …
There are good Samaritans alive and well. We had enjoyed the fireworks and were heading home. Our car would not …
Dear Linn County supervisors, Let me commend you for your plan ‘to help the county’s waters, trails and wildlife habitats.” …
My father was badly injured by the shrapnel that killed his best friend in a World War II foxhole. Some …
Regarding Liz Bennett’s July 29 guest column ‘The only walls we need are flood walls”: As a constituent, I read …
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