While I agree with The Gazette’s decision to drop the weekly Doonesbury strip (the author is on hiatus), I hope …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Mar. 8, 2014 11:23 am4217d ago
While I agree with The Gazette’s decision to drop the weekly Doonesbury strip (the author is on hiatus), I hope …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Mar. 8, 2014 11:22 am4217d ago
Just a little spin on the article in the Feb. 26 Gazette, “Studies: It mostly would ‘cannibalize’”: In the second …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 8, 2014 11:21 am4217d ago
Jonah Goldberg (March 3) argues that Arizona’s failed “religious freedom” law allowing businesses to deny service to homosexuals was unnecessary. …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 7, 2014 11:21 am4218d ago
The Iowa Board of Regents’ recent scolding of University of Iowa President Sally Mason for stating that “ … ending …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 7, 2014 11:20 am4218d ago
For more than 50 years, the Eastern Iowa Science and Engineering Fair has been held in Cedar Rapids. Students from …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 7, 2014 11:10 am4218d ago
A recent letter to the editor about the bad effects of fluoride in drinking water overstated the writer’s case (“Good …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 7, 2014 11:05 am4218d ago
How much money arrives in Cedar Rapids and Linn County from Riverside and other nearby casinos? Very little. It is …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 7, 2014 10:59 am4218d ago
Amid the flurry of bills being debated and voted on by Iowa legislators, one topic in particular largely has flown …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 6, 2014 2:27 pm4219d ago
Maurice Anholt can believe what he wants about fluoridation of water (“Good enough for public, but not the government,” March …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 6, 2014 2:26 pm4219d ago
I wholeheartedly agree with the Feb. 23 letter by Duane Crock “Perhaps readers should submit for ‘Snapshots.’” In the Feb. …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 6, 2014 2:25 pm4219d ago
Why does Gov. Terry Branstad dislike speed and red-light cameras? If the so-called “pro-life” politicians and religious zealots really lived …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 6, 2014 2:24 pm4219d ago
Our country is nesting on an incredible economic opportunity and needs to get a move on. The Keystone XL Pipeline …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 5, 2014 1:17 pm4220d ago
The article in the Wednesday (Feb. 26) Gazette talking about cannibalization of the casinos makes it sound like someone is …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 5, 2014 1:17 pm4220d ago
What do you do when the facts don’t support your argument? Change your argument of course. At least that’s what …
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