As a longtime golfer in Cedar Rapids and having been told long ago that our courses are self-sustaining, I am …
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Barb Schriever Letters to the Editor Jul. 14, 2016 1:00 am3453d ago
As a longtime golfer in Cedar Rapids and having been told long ago that our courses are self-sustaining, I am …
Sandra Carpenter Letters to the Editor Jul. 14, 2016 1:00 am3453d ago
In April, Marion Police Officer Nicole Hotz was honored for showing extraordinary understanding during a domestic abuse situation. She is …
Terry Boyden
Letters to the Editor Jul. 14, 2016 1:00 am3453d ago
Regarding the July 6 political cartoon entitled ‘De-Evolution”: I understand that political cartoons represent a wide range of opinions, but …
Robert Sweet
Letters to the Editor Jul. 13, 2016 1:00 am3454d ago
U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch’s decision not to bring criminal charges against Hillary Clinton for mishandling classified information on a …
Pete Larson
Letters to the Editor Jul. 13, 2016 1:00 am3454d ago
The Executive, Legislative and Judiciary branches of our federal government dismay and disappoint me at an ever-increasing rate. Our Constitutionally-guaranteed …
Bobbie Paxton
Letters to the Editor Jul. 13, 2016 1:00 am3454d ago
Here we are, mourning the loss of more innocent people. Five police officers killed and nine others injured – a …
Alan L. Light
Letters to the Editor Jul. 12, 2016 1:00 am3455d ago
If the FBI has so much time to investigate whether or not Hillary Clinton broke any laws sending email (she …
Nick Westergaard
Letters to the Editor Jul. 12, 2016 1:00 am3455d ago
I will vote for J.P. Claussen in the July 19 Iowa City school board special election. As the parent of …
James Porter
Letters to the Editor Jul. 12, 2016 1:00 am3455d ago
Nigel Farage announced he was resigning as leader of Britain’s UK Independence Party. He, along with the also-absent Boris Johnson, …
Michael Sanders
Letters to the Editor Jul. 11, 2016 1:00 am3456d ago
This is a rebuttal to the June 28 letter ‘Second Amendment needs to evolve.” The U.S. Constitution was written when …
Richard Boalbey
Letters to the Editor Jul. 11, 2016 1:00 am3456d ago
The article on Christianity in our government (‘Conservative Christians ponder presidential race,” June 20) is long overdue. Let us hope …
Diane Daugherty
Letters to the Editor Jul. 10, 2016 1:00 am3457d ago
A proposed Clean Power Plan cuts carbon pollution from power plants 30 percent by 2030. This should be a priority. …
Myrna Loehrlein
Letters to the Editor Jul. 10, 2016 1:00 am3457d ago
In a democracy, the right to vote belongs to every adult citizen – period. It is not a privilege that …
Mike Cervantes
Letters to the Editor Jul. 10, 2016 1:00 am3457d ago
I am writing about the Iowa Supreme Court’s decision to keep citizens from voting in Iowa. When someone has been …
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