To the editor: As we approach the holidays, in many settings we will be urged to ‘pray for peace.” But …
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Ed Flaherty Letters to the Editor Dec. 19, 2014 12:00 am4087d ago
To the editor: As we approach the holidays, in many settings we will be urged to ‘pray for peace.” But …
Terry Moran Letters to the Editor Dec. 18, 2014 12:00 am4088d ago
To the editor: Did the Iowa Board of Regents intentionally establish a funding plan designed to create more inefficiencies in …
Norma Stasi
Letters to the Editor Dec. 18, 2014 12:00 am4088d ago
To the editor: Soon the want-to-be presidents will declare in or out. We do not need another Bill Clinton, George …
David Osterberg
Letters to the Editor Dec. 18, 2014 12:00 am4088d ago
To the editor: Republican Henry A. Wallace was Secretary of Agriculture in Democratic President Franklin Roosevelt’s cabinet. In the Nov. …
Mavis Levsen
Letters to the Editor Dec. 17, 2014 12:00 am4089d ago
To the editor: My husband, Jay, has written many letters to The Gazette. We always heard from many people when …
Jeff Pick
Letters to the Editor Dec. 17, 2014 12:00 am4089d ago
To the editor: The further development of Cedar Lake as a recreational asset for the City of Cedar Rapids and …
Wilma Hatch
Letters to the Editor Dec. 17, 2014 12:00 am4089d ago
To the editor: The election is over and we settle into the routine of the decisions that were made. I …
Gary L. Roberts
Letters to the Editor Dec. 16, 2014 12:00 am4090d ago
To the editor: Undoubtedly, what is needed in Linn County and perhaps all of Iowa is a real estate property …
Lauren Robinson
Letters to the Editor Dec. 16, 2014 12:00 am4090d ago
To the editor: Seeing that the Options of Linn County program is being canceled, it brings to mind the Abbe …
John Kittleson
Letters to the Editor Dec. 15, 2014 12:00 am4091d ago
To the editor: We are experiencing an increasing wave of rebellion against authority in our country. First, it starts with …
Chandra Jordan
Letters to the Editor Dec. 15, 2014 12:00 am4091d ago
To the editor: I am all for someone standing up for what they believe in and protesting what they see …
Howard Ashlock
Letters to the Editor Dec. 15, 2014 12:00 am4091d ago
To the editor: Fifteen years ago our American jobs were globalized by a trade deal called the North American Free …
Kurt Maas
Letters to the Editor Dec. 14, 2014 12:00 am4092d ago
To the editor: Compliments to The Gazette for its fine editorial over the art display at the University of Iowa. …
Angela & Dennis Jordan
Letters to the Editor Dec. 14, 2014 12:00 am4092d ago
To the editor: We have three sons who played competitive youth baseball. We traveled throughout the Midwest, from Kansas City …
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