In this presidential election, you have an important decision to make. Are you going to vote for your party’s nominee? …
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In this presidential election, you have an important decision to make. Are you going to vote for your party’s nominee? …
USA Today recently published an article on Germany’s tight gun restrictions. Germany has one of the lowest rates of gun-related …
The Gazette quoted me accurately in the July 23 article, ‘Being good without God”: ‘The common element here is ‘atheist,’ …
Well, now that the out-of-state consultant is gone, we are stuck with what the consultant left behind – downtown. This …
Congratulations to Fact Checker Erin Jordan for her excellent research on Sen. Joni Ernst (‘Ernst’s convention claim about ISIS,” July …
This election season millennials are key to ensuring a clean future for America. With Donald Trump the Republican nominee, it’s …
Pints & Politics
A periodic, lighthearted look at Iowa political news from The Gazette's opinion desk.
The U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate have approved a version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). …
Letters opposing Hillary Clinton become more and more confusing. One, the Aug. 1 letter ‘Hillary Clinton cannot be trusted,” says: …
In reference to the July 31 article ‘Born this way” about home births, I realize people are passionate in their …
Perhaps in addition to a copy of the Constitution, Khizr Khan could loan Donald Trump a dictionary. From what Trump …
I will be a senior at Washington High School. I am devastated that the leader of the Washington community, Dr. …
I am an incoming 11th-grader at Washington High School. I have been taught to look up to leaders and learn …
The recent ‘encouraged retirement” of legendary principal Dr. Ralph Plagman is a sad commentary on the times and a rather …
I first knew of Dr. Ralph Plagman when I was teaching at Hiawatha Elementary School and he was at Kennedy. …
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