Regarding Mary A. Craig’s Dec. 15 letter “Trade assistance for higher wages?”: I can assure her that people on public …
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Regarding Mary A. Craig’s Dec. 15 letter “Trade assistance for higher wages?”: I can assure her that people on public …
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Isn’t it great? One of the Fortune 500 companies is considering an expansion in Cedar Rapids that will create 41 …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 25, 2013 11:26 pm4290d ago
To all elected officials of Linn County, it would be a great idea to put a senior center at Westdale …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 23, 2013 2:56 pm4293d ago
Having attended a discussion about “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens, I have learned that 170 years later, Scrooge lives …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 23, 2013 2:53 pm4293d ago
I am a student at the Writers’ Workshop at the University of Iowa and from August through December of this …
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On Monday, one of the coldest days I have experienced since moving back to Iowa, I came downtown and pulled …
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My wife and I have been Roughrider season ticket holders for 14 years and even housed players for a few …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 22, 2013 3:20 pm4294d ago
The scoffers increase around Christmas more because of an irritation with joyous individuals, who bid the Holy Spirit entrance within …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 22, 2013 3:18 pm4294d ago
Regarding Kathleen J. Hall’s Dec. 16 guest column “The politics of mean”: In short, Hall has expressed what so many …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 21, 2013 3:17 pm4295d ago
I recently shared my admiration of an organization in Eastern Iowa called Sportability, which helps disabled athletes participate in sports. …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 21, 2013 3:13 pm4295d ago
Nearly every country in the world publicly acknowledges that Earth’s carbon dioxide level must be kept below 450 parts per …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 21, 2013 3:11 pm4295d ago
President Barack Obama and his band of loyalists now are engaged in a frantic effort to polish Obamacare: madly touring …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 21, 2013 3:10 pm4295d ago
The “flattening” or declining test scores of America’s high school students has been occurring for years and educators continue to …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 20, 2013 3:10 pm4296d ago
I am a seventh-grader at North Central Junior High and I’m learning about world hunger. Thousands of people die every …
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