This year’s caucus in Iowa was my first and it could well be my last. The caucus site was at …
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This year’s caucus in Iowa was my first and it could well be my last. The caucus site was at …
There is an old saying: ‘Fish and guests stink after three days.” After watching several presidential political debates and way …
An article in the Iowa Today section of Feb. 3 ‘Escaped goat from UI has PETA perturbed,” has me perturbed …
I agree with Cheryl Valenta’s excellent Feb. 12 guest column ‘Bakken pipeline is a bad fit for Iowa.” She’s absolutely …
Speaking for several members of our fine community and speaking of the article in The Gazette regarding Mick Starcevich and …
Once again I am disappointed by the quality of the snow plowing on my street. After each snow event this …
Poor Justice Antonin Scalia’s family. Before they could begin to grieve for their beloved husband, father and grandfather, Senate Majority …
I am a junior at Xavier Catholic High School in Cedar Rapids. I have had the privilege of attending Catholic …
Here is to hoping that Sen. Chuck Grassley does what is right for the country in the coming months. We …
Urban kids are safer than rural kids behind the wheel. When urban kids first get their driver’s licenses, they drive …
I was disappointed when I read where the goat had been found and returned to the University of Iowa for …
I was thinking about my most recent trip to the Cedar Rapids Public Library with my 6-year-old grandson who has …
Going into the Iowa caucuses I was fearful that it would be a Donald Trump victory. When the results were …
Is Ted Cruz hearing voices? He invokes the word of God in a political speech for a country that has …
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