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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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Feb. 1, 2014 11:20 am4351d ago
Have you noticed the number of television commercials for prescription drugs? Between 5 and 10 p.m., I counted 30 commercials …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Feb. 1, 2014 11:19 am4351d 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 am4351d 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 pm4352d 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 pm4352d 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 pm4352d 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 pm4352d 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 pm4353d 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 pm4353d 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 pm4353d 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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Letters to the Editor Jan. 30, 2014 12:52 pm4353d ago
The City of Marion has given its first reading to allow backyard chickens. What is interesting is that the presenters …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 30, 2014 12:51 pm4353d ago
Shocked, upset and confused are the alumni in regard to the shrinking of Iowa Wesleyan College. Years ago at my …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 29, 2014 3:11 pm4354d ago
How could any law be argued to allow a brain-dead mother to be buried when she holds a living baby …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 29, 2014 3:11 pm4354d ago
In the Jan. 16 Gazette picture page was a galaxy so large that scientists use light years for measurement. This …
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