In the wake of colossal failures of advance perimeter security and our best hope for America’s future nearly assassinated, an …
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Tim Bickel Letters to the Editor Jul. 19, 2024 6:00 am514d ago
In the wake of colossal failures of advance perimeter security and our best hope for America’s future nearly assassinated, an …
M J Redlinger Letters to the Editor Jul. 18, 2024 6:00 am515d ago
When the Founders pondered and visualized a government to establish the United States of America, they wrote of their concerns …
Lori Morris
Letters to the Editor Jul. 16, 2024 10:54 am517d ago
I have to take issue with The Gazette’s Sunday, July 7 editorial addressing fines against restaurants for using child labor …
Barb Ferris
Letters to the Editor Jul. 15, 2024 12:54 pm518d ago
After the derecho in 2020 State Auditor Rob Sand was in Cedar Rapids the next day with his chain saw. …
Jo Wasta
Letters to the Editor Jul. 15, 2024 6:00 am518d ago
For most of us tuning in for the first CNN debate, the presentation of our current president was a jolt. …
Tim Bickel
Letters to the Editor Jul. 15, 2024 6:00 am518d ago
President Biden should be thrilled with the Supreme Court’s Presidential “absolute immunity” relating to official acts. Now, he himself could …
James Hubert
Letters to the Editor Jul. 14, 2024 6:00 am519d ago
Thank you for running David Chung’s article (July 7, David vs. Goliath at Garfield School, 9C.) It was spot on. …
Chris Hoffman
Letters to the Editor Jul. 14, 2024 6:00 am519d ago
I was born visually impaired and have found most people to be inclusive. However, those who aren’t have been emboldened …
Ann Poe
Letters to the Editor Jul. 14, 2024 6:00 am519d ago
On June 14 I was hit by a car in the crosswalk at the intersection of 16th Avenue and C …
Mary Suchomel
Letters to the Editor Jul. 14, 2024 6:00 am519d ago
Just as Justice Clarence Thomas signaled to Aileen Cannon in the recent immunity decision, the Supreme Court is signaling to …
Lynne Hirleman
Letters to the Editor Jul. 14, 2024 6:00 am519d ago
Another point to consider when making a decision on who to vote for president, Biden or Trump, is to imagine …
Dennis Benda
Letters to the Editor Jul. 14, 2024 6:00 am519d ago
Joe Biden needs to drop out of the race. Biden is too old. In his debate with Donald Trump, Biden …
Adam Zabner
Letters to the Editor Jul. 14, 2024 6:00 am519d ago
In 1974, Republican Congressman Larry Hogan Sr. came out in support of impeaching President Richard Nixon. In 1860, staunch Democrat …
David Mansheim
Letters to the Editor Jul. 11, 2024 6:00 am522d ago
Recent polls made me feel sad and old because they indicated 34 felony convictions would not change the votes of …
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