In the Aug. 31 Gazette, Sunday Editor Michael Chevy Castranova quoted philosopher and TV commentator Alain de Botton: ‘The noblest …
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James Kern Letters to the Editor Sep. 14, 2014 1:00 am4125d ago
In the Aug. 31 Gazette, Sunday Editor Michael Chevy Castranova quoted philosopher and TV commentator Alain de Botton: ‘The noblest …
Sue Grant Letters to the Editor Sep. 14, 2014 1:00 am4125d ago
The Cedar Rapids City Council should fix the speed camera issues immediately. Keep the speed cameras right where they are, …
Gary L. Roberts
Letters to the Editor Sep. 14, 2014 1:00 am4125d ago
Cedar Rapids should post signs at its city limits on Interstate 380 saying ‘take your business elsewhere, we don’t want …
Carl J. Hoffman
Letters to the Editor Sep. 14, 2014 1:00 am4125d ago
Putting the traffic camera debate into football terminology, Cedar Rapids City Council, the home team, and State of Iowa Department …
Jerome and Mary Jane Feldman
Letters to the Editor Sep. 13, 2014 1:00 am4126d ago
Congressman Bruce Braley voted for Obamacare. He praised the law. Unfortunately, many of his talking points have been proven to …
Barbara Sherman
Letters to the Editor Sep. 13, 2014 1:00 am4126d ago
Joni Ernst is all wrong for Iowa. She’s a Tea Party candidate who sounds a lot like Sarah Palin and …
Bill Strilich
Letters to the Editor Sep. 13, 2014 1:00 am4126d ago
The American voter ails. The malady is cognitive dissonance. This condition can be likened to the individual who owns, for …
Lan Nowotny
Letters to the Editor Sep. 11, 2014 6:27 pm4127d ago
Abiding by the U.S. Constitution made our nation powerful and prosperous in its early history. Not complying with this unique …
Herman Lenz
Letters to the Editor Sep. 11, 2014 6:27 pm4127d ago
Geo Hunter’s letter in the Aug. 21 Gazette (‘State is punishing an innocent man”) about the tyrannical prosecution of the …
Marjana Lamp
Letters to the Editor Sep. 11, 2014 6:27 pm4127d ago
I need to write to let people in Iowa know about the Veterans Affairs hospital in Iowa City. My husband …
Fred Hubler
Letters to the Editor Sep. 11, 2014 1:00 am4128d ago
On Aug. 23, C-SPAN broadcast an interview of Dr. Ben Carson by Chuck Todd. During the interview, Todd claimed that …
Dorothy Krivanek
Letters to the Editor Sep. 10, 2014 4:52 pm4128d ago
What is happening to Cedar Rapids? Years ago, this great city’s streets were filled with shoppers. Today, the streets are …
Peggy Ellis-Bailey
Letters to the Editor Sep. 10, 2014 4:51 pm4128d ago
Thank you for publishing a story about body donors for The University of Iowa medical schools (‘UI body donors honored …
Robert Cribbs
Letters to the Editor Sep. 10, 2014 1:30 am4129d ago
Iowa has a lot of veterans and it would be wise of them to pick a veteran to represent them …
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