This year I broke down and bought a Reverse Osmosis system. I’m a single mom, and don’t have a lot …
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Melissa Silver Letters to the Editor Dec. 24, 2025 7:02 am52d ago
This year I broke down and bought a Reverse Osmosis system. I’m a single mom, and don’t have a lot …
Peter Rolnick Letters to the Editor Dec. 24, 2025 7:02 am52d ago
President Donald Trump suspended leases for five previously approved off-shore wind projects because there are “emerging national security risks, including …
Bob Gertsen
Letters to the Editor Dec. 24, 2025 7:01 am52d ago
The Gazette’s Dec. 9 headline “Trump is giving U. S. farmers $12B in aid” is grossly incorrect. Trump’s policies have …
Hal Penick
Letters to the Editor Dec. 24, 2025 6:50 am52d ago
I do not hunt or fish, but I read anything Orlan Love writes with great pleasure. Hal Penick Urbandale
David Helman
Letters to the Editor Dec. 24, 2025 6:50 am52d ago
Here we go again! Farmers await bailout payments brought on by President Donald Trump’s manufactured farm market crisis. Call it what …
Al Moore
Letters to the Editor Dec. 24, 2025 6:50 am52d ago
The Dec. 2, 10 p.m. news update on the new Cedar Rapids data center triggered my curiosity to learn more …
Derek Maurer
Letters to the Editor Dec. 24, 2025 6:48 am52d ago
After reading about some issues surrounding AI and data centers, I am glad to live in Johnson County, where supervisors …
Tyler Fahey
Letters to the Editor Dec. 20, 2025 11:26 am56d ago
President Donald Trump’s approach to Ukraine is going nowhere. Putin plays his games, Zelenskyy stands his ground, and the cycle …
Debbie Koopman
Letters to the Editor Dec. 20, 2025 11:26 am56d ago
In the 70s our family gathered around one TV. We watched “All in the Family’” together. It was shocking for …
Phillip Thien
Letters to the Editor Dec. 20, 2025 11:26 am56d ago
Mariannette Miller-Meeks has no better option for health care insurance coverage than Ashley Hinson has had. Hinson wanted HSA’s which …
Don Barry
Letters to the Editor Dec. 20, 2025 11:25 am56d ago
Rep Miller-Meeks is touting the Republican health care proposal. I would think that such a proposal should be thoroughly vetted …
Michael Cal Cahalan
Letters to the Editor Dec. 20, 2025 11:25 am56d ago
When someone working a low-paying job says they cannot afford health insurance, every Republican has the same answer, “Go get …
Marty Ryan
Letters to the Editor Dec. 20, 2025 11:25 am56d ago
David Leshtz’s community letter on Dec. 8 refers to gubernatorial candidate Adam Steen’s claim that he has won “a battle …
Ken Krizan
Letters to the Editor Dec. 20, 2025 11:23 am56d ago
It was released to the news media recently that Donald Trump is worried about going to hell. Confucius said that …
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