Lenore Skenazy made a really good point in her column (“Mother judged too harshly,” Jan. 25) about a mother being …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Feb. 3, 2014 1:53 pm4407d ago
Lenore Skenazy made a really good point in her column (“Mother judged too harshly,” Jan. 25) about a mother being …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Feb. 3, 2014 1:51 pm4407d ago
If the government demands employers raise the minimum wage to $10 per hour, what happens to the employee who is …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 3, 2014 1:50 pm4407d ago
Congress is not dead but the health of its performance needs TLC (Term Limits for Congress). In the latest Rasmussen …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 2, 2014 1:59 pm4408d ago
Before Matt Schultz’s election as Secretary of State, Republican and Democratic secretaries of state did not overtly use the office …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 2, 2014 1:58 pm4408d ago
We have another cat. How can heartless people be so cruel as to dump their pets in this weather? House …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 2, 2014 1:51 pm4408d ago
The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee will consider proposed legislation to revise the Iowa Code of Military Justice by strengthening reporting …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 1, 2014 11:23 am4409d 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 am4409d 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 am4409d 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 am4409d 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 am4409d 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 am4409d 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 pm4410d 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 pm4410d 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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