I’m very pleased to see the broad support Joni Ernst is getting from Iowans of all sorts after her victory …
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Anne K. Deupree Letters to the Editor Jul. 11, 2014 4:49 pm4091d ago
I’m very pleased to see the broad support Joni Ernst is getting from Iowans of all sorts after her victory …
James Moriarty Letters to the Editor Jul. 11, 2014 4:30 pm4091d ago
I believe in the Rule of Law. It is to protect people, not corporate greed and abuse of power. The …
Jim Sorensen
Letters to the Editor Jul. 11, 2014 4:30 pm4091d ago
Two years ago I flew my American flag upside down in protest of this administration, but after the election I …
Chandra Jordan
Letters to the Editor Jul. 11, 2014 4:30 pm4091d ago
I would like to congratulate the building that was just built across the street from Walgreens and Pizza Hut in …
David M. Meyer
Letters to the Editor Jul. 10, 2014 6:08 pm4092d ago
Taxpayers pay for Branstad’s deals Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie are fundraising together. How appropriate. …
Dick Roggensack
Letters to the Editor Jul. 10, 2014 6:08 pm4092d ago
The ‘unintended consequences” of the Affordable Care Act that you cited in the July 4 editorial ‘Beware ruling’s unintended consequences” …
Herman Lenz
Letters to the Editor Jul. 10, 2014 6:08 pm4092d ago
David Winger in his June 7 letter (‘Officers don’t shoot suspects to kill”) says ‘officers are not trained to shoot …
Teresa Daubitz
Letters to the Editor Jul. 10, 2014 6:08 pm4092d ago
As a Fourth of July tradition our family makes a large breakfast and reads the Declaration of Independence from the …
Sandra Carpenter
Letters to the Editor Jul. 10, 2014 6:08 pm4092d ago
Once again I found myself needing to go to Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids. What a heavenly experience. My …
Steve Mumm
Letters to the Editor Jul. 9, 2014 5:58 pm4093d ago
Well, I see they are moving Marion Iron Works to Third Avenue in Marion. I notice that all of the …
Kenneth Rogers
Letters to the Editor Jul. 9, 2014 5:58 pm4093d ago
President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder took an oath to uphold the Constitution and the laws of this …
Matthew Haile
Letters to the Editor Jul. 9, 2014 5:58 pm4093d ago
The problem with our American democratic republic is that it isn’t a true democratic republic, which founded this nation. This …
Richard Franck
Letters to the Editor Jul. 9, 2014 5:58 pm4093d ago
We send our veterans on Honor Flights, which is good if they live that long because the Department of Veterans …
Melody Turner
Letters to the Editor Jul. 8, 2014 5:56 pm4094d ago
The citizens of Cedar Rapids should be proud. After the recent rains and storms, police officers, first responders, energy company …
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