To the editor: Donald Trump may be the greatest recruiter for ISIS/ISIL to date. His extremist rhetoric demonizing and alienating …
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Jim Highly Letters to the Editor Dec. 13, 2015 10:35 am3726d ago
To the editor: Donald Trump may be the greatest recruiter for ISIS/ISIL to date. His extremist rhetoric demonizing and alienating …
Larry Hodgden Letters to the Editor Dec. 13, 2015 10:34 am3726d ago
To the editor: As we lit the Advent candle of Peace on Dec. 6, it brought to mind a couple …
Paul Ster
Letters to the Editor Dec. 13, 2015 10:33 am3726d ago
To the editor: Recently, on the cover of the New York Daily News the headline read ‘God Isn’t Fixing This.” …
Ken Krizan
Letters to the Editor Dec. 13, 2015 10:33 am3726d ago
To the editor: It was a sad chapter in world history when Pearl Harbor was bombed. And then devastating carnage …
John Johnson
Letters to the Editor Dec. 13, 2015 10:32 am3726d ago
To the editor: Following the latest mass shooting in San Bernardino, gun violence prevention advocates called for stronger gun regulations. …
Thomas Canfield
Letters to the Editor Dec. 13, 2015 10:32 am3726d ago
To the editor: Dear Hawkeyes: Thank you. Thank you for inspiring us. For proving that good hard work and teamwork …
Vicki Decker, letters editor
Staff Editorials Dec. 23, 2015 4:28 pm3716d ago
Merge the 26-letter alphabet with attentive minds and thought-provoking and thoughtful opinions and new ideas emerge. Here, in The Gazette’s …
Andrew Steahr
Letters to the Editor Dec. 12, 2015 12:00 am3727d ago
To the editor: The significant energy tax increase hidden in the Obama administration’s 2016 budget would create a no-win situation …
Gail Coleman
Letters to the Editor Dec. 12, 2015 12:00 am3727d ago
To the editor: Eight years ago we were promised ‘hope and change.” Personally, I thought it would happen. I was …
Emily Felton
Letters to the Editor Dec. 12, 2015 12:00 am3727d ago
To the editor: After 10 days of traveling and researching across Europe and north Africa over Thanksgiving, it’s refreshing to …
Jim Beatty
Letters to the Editor Dec. 11, 2015 12:00 am3728d ago
To the editor: I recently returned from a meeting held by the Iowa Department of Human Services at the Cedar …
Mark Thurm
Letters to the Editor Dec. 11, 2015 12:00 am3728d ago
To the editor: In dealing with the Syrian refugee crisis, our nation’s security should be our No. 1 concern. President …
Susan West
Letters to the Editor Dec. 11, 2015 12:00 am3728d ago
To the editor: As one who spoke against the Bakken pipeline, I would like to add details that have been …
Leonard Roberts
Letters to the Editor Dec. 10, 2015 12:00 am3729d ago
To the editor: Regarding the Dec. 3 article ‘Panel tackles inequities in school funding”: A legitimate conversation centers around the …
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