Bald Eagles soaring overhead are a sight to behold! Once a rare sight in Iowa until after the pesticide DDT was banned …
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Linda Quinn Letters to the Editor Nov. 3, 2024 6:00 am469d ago
Bald Eagles soaring overhead are a sight to behold! Once a rare sight in Iowa until after the pesticide DDT was banned …
Gary Sanders Letters to the Editor Nov. 3, 2024 6:00 am469d ago
With two weeks to go until the election, most people are in a state of high anxiety. I have a …
Jon Volz
Letters to the Editor Nov. 3, 2024 6:00 am469d ago
There’s an old saying out there that says, “your actions are speaking so loud I can’t hear what you’re saying.” …
Steve Barry
Letters to the Editor Nov. 3, 2024 6:00 am469d ago
Yes, it is the economy. But whose economy? The macro or national economy is doing great. The stock market is …
Adam Cooper
Letters to the Editor Nov. 3, 2024 6:00 am469d ago
This might be best understood by those veterans who served in the military as enlisted personnel, rather than those who …
Larry Hodgden
Letters to the Editor Oct. 31, 2024 6:00 am472d ago
Donald Trump would not last five minutes on any school playground in America for his lewd and vulgar language, to …
Jim Folk
Letters to the Editor Oct. 31, 2024 6:00 am472d ago
Ads against Christina Bohannan say she is too “dangerous and disturbing” and even wants to “abolish prisons and police.” Law …
Dan Voss
Letters to the Editor Oct. 30, 2024 10:18 am473d ago
In January I attended the GOP caucus in support of Nikki Haley. I felt she offered a fresh face with …
Ellyn Paulus
Letters to the Editor Oct. 29, 2024 8:36 am474d ago
When you cast your vote in this year’s election, remember to turn the ballot over. This year one of Iowa’s …
Kris Moeller White
Letters to the Editor Oct. 28, 2024 6:00 am475d ago
Regarding what was written about Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. in an article about Ethel Kennedy’s passing, “a conspiracy theorist spreading …
Jim Cottingham
Letters to the Editor Oct. 28, 2024 6:00 am475d ago
We are heartbroken by the ongoing violence in Israel, Gaza, and across the Middle East. As Quakers, we deeply mourn …
Betty Stiefel
Letters to the Editor Oct. 27, 2024 6:00 am476d ago
Thank you for printing opinion pieces by candidates running for offices outside of Linn and Johnson counties. I’ll comment on …
Nancy Sauerman
Letters to the Editor Oct. 27, 2024 6:00 am476d ago
As voting gets underway, remember this. Reps. Ashley Hinson and Mariannette Miller-Meeks both voted against the Women’s Health Protection Act …
Matthew Lantz
Letters to the Editor Oct. 27, 2024 6:00 am476d ago
I was reading David Chung’s most recent piece and it brought to mind the question, which political party’s actions and …
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