The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee will consider proposed legislation to revise the Iowa Code of Military Justice by strengthening reporting …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Feb. 2, 2014 1:51 pm4252d ago
The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee will consider proposed legislation to revise the Iowa Code of Military Justice by strengthening reporting …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Feb. 1, 2014 11:23 am4253d ago
On behalf of the non-profit grass-roots advocacy program RESULTS, I wish to thank and commend The Gazette for publishing many …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 1, 2014 11:22 am4253d ago
I am the vice chairman for education in emergency medicine at the University of Iowa. Our job is to train …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 1, 2014 11:21 am4253d ago
Satisfaction in the Cedar Rapids Police Department seems to be measured about the same as success in Vietnam was – …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 1, 2014 11:20 am4253d ago
Have you noticed the number of television commercials for prescription drugs? Between 5 and 10 p.m., I counted 30 commercials …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 1, 2014 11:19 am4253d ago
About 31 percent of Iowa’s registered voters are Democrats and 31 percent are Republicans. However, 38 percent are aligned with …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 1, 2014 11:17 am4253d ago
With the Legislature in session, we’ll soon be bombarded with letters from our elected officials in Des Moines. Be sure …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 31, 2014 1:09 pm4254d ago
Iowans have been fortunate in not suffering personally in the downsides of dirty energy production and transport. We haven’t had …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 31, 2014 1:09 pm4254d ago
The hotshots in the White House obviously are desperate to create some kind of positive legacy for a failed president. …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 31, 2014 1:08 pm4254d ago
Despite being almost 10 months from election day, attack ads from the Koch brothers are starting to fill Iowa’s airwaves. …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 31, 2014 1:00 pm4254d ago
Mark Twain told us that “it’s easier to fool people than it is to convince them that they have been …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 30, 2014 12:54 pm4255d ago
I am 88. I was born in Cedar Rapids and most things have changed. I have been in a complex …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 30, 2014 12:53 pm4255d ago
This is how I see it. When government gives tax dollars to a business, it’s called a subsidy. When government …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 30, 2014 12:53 pm4255d ago
I was rather dismayed by the letter “Income equality goals won’t work here” (Jan. 19 by John Schulte). The middle …
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