Taxpayers pay for Branstad’s deals Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie are fundraising together. How appropriate. …
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Taxpayers pay for Branstad’s deals Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie are fundraising together. How appropriate. …
The ‘unintended consequences” of the Affordable Care Act that you cited in the July 4 editorial ‘Beware ruling’s unintended consequences” …
David Winger in his June 7 letter (‘Officers don’t shoot suspects to kill”) says ‘officers are not trained to shoot …
As a Fourth of July tradition our family makes a large breakfast and reads the Declaration of Independence from the …
Once again I found myself needing to go to Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids. What a heavenly experience. My …
Well, I see they are moving Marion Iron Works to Third Avenue in Marion. I notice that all of the …
President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder took an oath to uphold the Constitution and the laws of this …
The problem with our American democratic republic is that it isn’t a true democratic republic, which founded this nation. This …
We send our veterans on Honor Flights, which is good if they live that long because the Department of Veterans …
The citizens of Cedar Rapids should be proud. After the recent rains and storms, police officers, first responders, energy company …
I was riding my motorcycle on First Avenue on the afternoon of July Fourth when I was chased down by …
On June 28, I read a letter to the editor (‘Support domestic energy companies” by Mark Havlicek) arguing for support …
We just celebrated our country’s 238th Independence Day. Kudos to everyone who planned Cedar Rapids’ activities for 2014. As I …
Politicians always say they fight for the middle class or the ‘average” American. That makes sense as the middle class …
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