How many of you get the feeling that we are getting stonewalled by our politicians? It seems like they are …
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How many of you get the feeling that we are getting stonewalled by our politicians? It seems like they are …
Justice Antonin Scalia was an originalist. He believed the Constitution means what the writers originally meant it to mean. There …
When Antonin Scalia passed away, before his body was cold, the fight over his successor had begun. All those Republicans …
Could Iowa farmer Sen. Chuck Grassley be a credible chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee? This injudicious question was posed …
We have a gem in our midst and we need to support it. I attended the play ‘Harvey” at the …
Walk to lunch or an appointment on Third Avenue SE at First and Second streets and one will see placement …
Pints & Politics
A periodic, lighthearted look at Iowa political news from The Gazette's opinion desk.
I’d like to take a moment to thank Rep. Rod Blum for saying ‘no” to proposals to cut Medicare Advantage …
On Saturday we were in Lindale Mall. My wife and I had my mother-in-law with us. She is 86. We …
Although I do not live in Cedar Rapids proper, I have been aware of Monica Vernon’s work on the Cedar …
Iowa Democrats, go to a mirror, and ask yourself if you voted in 2014. If you did not, then you …
After last year’s steep fall in oil prices, President Barack Obama has proposed a new $10-a-barrel tax on oil for …
Thank you to The Gazette and correspondent Mark Dukes for the team picture and article remembering Miller’s ‘Six Pack” (‘Memorable …
Sen. Chuck Grassley is chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee. This group has been unusually slow to send along judicial …
I understand the frustration of the electorate with the ‘establishment politicians.” Their engaging in hypocrisy, political posturing and demagoguery while …
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