Later this month, President Biden will pardon two turkeys at the White House, a symbolic gesture of mercy. Yet, every …
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Cecil Roper Letters to the Editor Nov. 25, 2024 9:26 am447d ago
Later this month, President Biden will pardon two turkeys at the White House, a symbolic gesture of mercy. Yet, every …
Henry Royer Letters to the Editor Nov. 25, 2024 6:00 am447d ago
Wally Taylor, Chair of the Iowa Chapter of the Sierra Club, wrote a Nov. 10 guest column stating that restarting …
Jack Henry Putman
Letters to the Editor Nov. 25, 2024 6:00 am447d ago
Recently, data from the state suggests that Cedar Rapids students are falling behind their peers across the state in all …
Ron Moore
Letters to the Editor Nov. 24, 2024 6:00 am448d ago
I was appalled to learn in a recent Gazette article on Iowa’s Report Card on Public Schools that the Cedar …
David Elledge
Letters to the Editor Nov. 24, 2024 6:00 am448d ago
Anyone who cares to do some in-depth research on Karl Marx will find out that first and foremost he was …
Darrel Dennis
Letters to the Editor Nov. 24, 2024 6:00 am448d ago
Cedar Rapids doesn’t need a casino. (We won’t ever get one, anyway.) Dan Kehl is right. We don’t even need …
Herman Lenz
Letters to the Editor Nov. 24, 2024 6:00 am448d ago
The ruling from the Iowa DOT to shut off some speed cameras stinks of the political will of Sen. Brad …
Bruce R. Bachmann
Letters to the Editor Nov. 24, 2024 5:00 am448d ago
Arrested in 2021 at his home and without a warrant, two weeks after his first child was born and now …
Gordie Felger
Letters to the Editor Nov. 24, 2024 5:00 am448d ago
Iowa Capital Dispatch reported on the death of a Mason City nursing home resident due to a staffing shortage at …
Bettina Buck-Luton
Letters to the Editor Nov. 21, 2024 9:12 am451d ago
In September, we received a message from the city, stating that unless we could prove the ash tree in front …
Shriley Twiselton
Letters to the Editor Nov. 21, 2024 6:00 am451d ago
Times are changing, and We the People are definitely educating ourselves. There are so many organization, companies, groups, classes and …
Ted Wernimont
Letters to the Editor Nov. 25, 2024 1:30 pm447d ago
Well, to all of those folks who voted but didn’t pay much attention or care much about politics, you are …
David Barker
Letters to the Editor Nov. 19, 2024 6:00 am453d ago
Todd Dorman writes more snark than truth in his recent column titled “Watch what you say. CSI DEI is on …
Laura Krouse
Letters to the Editor Nov. 25, 2024 1:24 pm447d ago
Readers may remember seeing multiple full-page ads recently in The Gazette thanking “legislators for standing up for Iowa farmers” by …
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