To the editor: Iowa winters are challenging entertainment wise, especially when hosting company. On Jan. 16, my two best friends …
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Rene Gadelha Letters to the Editor Jan. 25, 2015 12:00 am4049d ago
To the editor: Iowa winters are challenging entertainment wise, especially when hosting company. On Jan. 16, my two best friends …
Kim Reed Letters to the Editor Jan. 25, 2015 12:00 am4049d ago
To the editor: Your front page article on Monsanto’s gene manipulation (‘GMO wheat in the works, again,” Jan. 19) was …
Steven Gray
Letters to the Editor Jan. 25, 2015 12:00 am4049d ago
To the editor: It fascinates me that humans today believe that they are wiser and smarter than our ancestors, recent …
Herman Lenz
Letters to the Editor Jan. 25, 2015 12:00 am4049d ago
To the editor: Why don’t I hear the so-called ‘pro-life religionists and lawmakers” (who attack Planned Parenthood and common sense …
Chandra Jordan
Letters to the Editor Jan. 24, 2015 12:00 am4050d ago
To the editor: I invite everyone reading this to stop and think. Think about the people walking their dogs, who …
William Carter
Letters to the Editor Jan. 24, 2015 12:00 am4050d ago
To the editor: Where is the annoying low rumbling noise coming from? It is a constant, 24/7, roar like being …
Dorothy Krivanek
Letters to the Editor Jan. 24, 2015 12:00 am4050d ago
To the editor: Mr. Mayor – forget the casino! Why are all these high rise apartments going up? Where are …
Renee Schulte
Letters to the Editor Jan. 23, 2015 12:00 am4051d ago
To the editor: The year 2014 flew by and, in no time at all, candidates will be passing through our …
Matthew Haile
Letters to the Editor Jan. 23, 2015 12:00 am4051d ago
To the editor: I’m the student running as a write-in candidate for Cedar Rapids Community School District’s school board. With …
Rob Humble
Letters to the Editor Jan. 23, 2015 12:00 am4051d ago
To the editor: On Jan. 16, the Supreme Court announced it will take up same sex marriage. While marriage equality …
Anna Homan
Letters to the Editor Jan. 22, 2015 12:00 am4052d ago
To the editor: I must disagree with the gentlemen who opts for increasing our gas taxes instead of toll fees …
Cathy Jansa
Letters to the Editor Jan. 22, 2015 12:00 am4052d ago
To the editor: Maybe we should think about asking Macy’s if they would build a department store on the west …
Julie Stewart Ziesman
Letters to the Editor Jan. 22, 2015 12:00 am4052d ago
To the editor: Every Iowan should be upset that Gov. Terry Branstad thinks so little of Iowans with mental illness …
Bill Ashby
Letters to the Editor Jan. 21, 2015 12:00 am4053d ago
To the editor: As a 50-year alum of Iowa State Teachers College (University of Northern Iowa) I must respond to …
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