To the editor: Access to good health care is for every American, but especially our nation’s veterans. As a veteran, …
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To the editor: Access to good health care is for every American, but especially our nation’s veterans. As a veteran, …
Bonnie Statezni Letters to the Editor Aug. 20, 2015 11:17 am3841d ago
To the editor: Thanks for the great article on Monarch butterflies on The Gazette’s front page (‘On the wing,” Aug. …
Erika Smalley
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To the editor: Better civics education for our high school students is an important first step in creating more civically …
Kurt Maas
Letters to the Editor Aug. 20, 2015 11:17 am3841d ago
To the editor: The Gazette Writers’ Circle essays on ‘privilege” predictably were a jeremiad about whites having all the advantages …
Don Taylor
Letters to the Editor Aug. 19, 2015 2:22 pm3842d ago
To the editor: I have no answers for anything, maybe I do, though. We have a man in San Francisco …
Mike and Kaye Haslam
Letters to the Editor Aug. 19, 2015 2:22 pm3842d ago
To the editor: I’m for the Interstate 380 cameras, but they are limited in what they can do for safety. …
Katy Hansen
Letters to the Editor Aug. 19, 2015 2:22 pm3842d ago
To the editor: The arguments this year in the Iowa Legislature, and now afterward, over the funding of education are …
Larry D. Sharp
Letters to the Editor Aug. 18, 2015 1:00 am3844d ago
To the editor: Rep. Rod Blum’s voting record: June 7: Voted against amending HR1335 to require pipeline companies responsible for …
Bob Arnold
Letters to the Editor Aug. 18, 2015 1:00 am3844d ago
To the editor: This marks the 70th anniversary of the cessation of hostilities between the United States and Japan, an …
Chuck Swore
Letters to the Editor Aug. 18, 2015 1:00 am3844d ago
To the editor: Why is Bill Aossey being held in jail until his sentencing? He is not a threat to …
Mary Reinking
Letters to the Editor Aug. 18, 2015 1:00 am3844d ago
To the editor: It’s clear that the U.S. and Iran do not trust each other. The Iran Nuclear Agreement isn’t …
Ed Wasserman
Letters to the Editor Aug. 17, 2015 10:17 am3844d ago
To the editor: The media have been utterly obsessed over what Donald Trump might have meant when criticizing the tough …
Jim Walters
Letters to the Editor Aug. 17, 2015 1:00 am3845d ago
To the editor: It’s ironic that Jeff Kaufmann (‘Keep GOP debate, campaign on track,” Aug. 6) chose railroad development in …
Frances R. Hansen
Letters to the Editor Aug. 17, 2015 1:00 am3845d ago
To the editor: Sen. Joni Ernst has started off on the wrong foot as our new senator. During the campaign …
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