We conservative Republican patriots want to inform Norman Sherman that the poem, “Pity the Nation,” that he shared in his …
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Stephen Menzner Letters to the Editor Mar. 17, 2024 5:00 am542d ago
We conservative Republican patriots want to inform Norman Sherman that the poem, “Pity the Nation,” that he shared in his …
Jim Walters Letters to the Editor Mar. 17, 2024 5:00 am542d ago
Big Ten? Big Fourteen? Big Eighteen? Watching the struggle to come up with some sensible rendering of our athletic conference …
Caryl Lyons
Letters to the Editor Mar. 17, 2024 5:00 am542d ago
The Johnson County United Nations Association would like to thank the 27 businesses, UI groups, and nongovernmental organizations that were …
Deborah Rand
Letters to the Editor Mar. 16, 2024 10:19 pm542d ago
Iowa is ranked last in mental health services in the U.S. and currently has minimal midwife birthing services available. I …
George Bergus
Letters to the Editor Mar. 14, 2024 6:00 am545d ago
In 2017, Congress passed the National Defense Authorization Act requiring chiefs of staff of the military services to submit lists …
Steve St. Clair
Letters to the Editor Mar. 13, 2024 6:00 am546d ago
Our U.S. representative, Ashley Hinson, is co-sponsor of the Life At Conception Act, a bill declaring that a constitutional right …
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Jeff Klinzman
Letters to the Editor Mar. 12, 2024 6:00 am547d ago
When I attended Perkins Elementary in Des Moines in the middle 1960s, we began every school day standing at attention …
John Kerkman
Letters to the Editor Mar. 10, 2024 6:00 am549d ago
As I am a member of the boomer generation, I remember American history, world history, civics and government subjects being …
Karen Carlton
Letters to the Editor Mar. 10, 2024 6:00 am549d ago
If you needed auto repair, would you call a plumber? If you needed farming advice, would you contact a Harvard …
David Smalley
Letters to the Editor Mar. 10, 2024 6:00 am549d ago
Canadian National Railway has filed with the surface transportation regulators to purchase the Iowa Northern Railroad which runs between Cedar …
Niles Ross
Letters to the Editor Mar. 10, 2024 6:00 am549d ago
On Feb. 28, the CDC stated that people age 65 and over should get a COVID vaccine four months after …
Betty Kohout
Letters to the Editor Mar. 10, 2024 6:00 am549d ago
Our state House of Representatives, led by Republicans, must think Trump is guilty by the latest bill they are trying …
Janet Rampulla
Letters to the Editor Mar. 9, 2024 6:00 am550d ago
Althea Cole’s article published in The Gazette on Feb. 25 referred to Ranked Choice Voting as “headache inducing.” We believe …
David Mansheim
Letters to the Editor Mar. 8, 2024 6:00 am551d ago
Todd Dorman’s March 3 column, “Letting lawmakers write history is a mistake,” reminded me of teaching civics to Iowa high …
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