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Among the top five skills needed for students of tomorrow, literacy in another language other than English is projected as …
The May 7 story ‘Climate change will affect animals” might well be subtitled ‘The definition of insanity on steroids.” It’s …
Recent conservative attack on President Obama: his statistics were ‘exaggerated” on how many workers would benefit from raising minimum wage. …
A new report by Progress Iowa found that 1 out of 6 of Gov. Terry Branstad’s appointees were campaign donors. …
Can you imagine having such great wealth that you can play and do real money political Monopoly? The reality is …
This is the 25th anniversary of the Resource Enhancement and Protection (REAP) program. REAP is the very popular and successful …
Lisa Powell: You should stop downtown at the new library and see our theater and meeting room for taxpayers use …
Joni Ernst says she’s a mother, member of the National Guard and stands for Iowa values, yet she has a …
I am distressed over The Gazette’s decision to use the name of a juvenile accused of a crime in a …
There is a lot of talk about tolerance from the left. But what is tolerance? Webster’s says tolerance is ‘being …
In this era when the numbers of high intensity forest fires are increasing at a rapid rate, many people hold …
Regarding Bob Elliott’s May 8 column ‘Religious extremists threaten democracy”: The U.S.A. is a Constitutional Republic, not a democracy. Samuel …
We are losing World War II veterans at an ever increasing pace. I am with the Eastern Iowa Honor Flight …
If the goal is for Linn County Supervisors to become familiar with the cultures in our area, then I suggest …
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