Your Jan. 1 editorial “A black eye for our state” was excellent. When I lived in southeast Florida, I was …
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Your Jan. 1 editorial “A black eye for our state” was excellent. When I lived in southeast Florida, I was …
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Hunger is a national problem demanding a national response, and I believe it is the government’s responsibility, not the responsibility …
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The Gazette Editorial Board today recognizes the 1,083 people who took the time to write and submit letters to the …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 4, 2014 12:56 pm4437d ago
The Obamacare Express has jumped its tracks. Nobody knows where this train is headed and it is gaining speed. You …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 4, 2014 12:55 pm4437d ago
With Sen. Rob Hogg’s book on climate change survival, the lady walking for climate change and David Osterberg’s dueling scientists, …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 4, 2014 12:52 pm4437d ago
Since when is it a crime to feed the wildlife (Jan. 1 news story, “Bird lover to fight nuisance threat”)? …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 3, 2014 12:55 pm4438d ago
Regarding (Linn County supervisor) Lu Barron’s Dec. 27 letter “Increase ethanol in fuel standard”: Ms. Barron, please present the entire …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 3, 2014 12:12 pm4438d ago
We are starting to find out that Obamacare is an administrative nightmare. If implementing it is this difficult, imagine how …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 3, 2014 12:12 pm4438d ago
In listening to the Republicans take President Barack Obama to the wood shed over his agreement with Iran, one might …
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Recently, I was contacted by The Gazette to give an interview about how I overcame my breast cancer in 2013. …
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Closing the Iowa Juvenile Home is the right thing to do only if you are satisfied by superficial reporting. For …
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I’m a woman Iraq War veteran (2003-04) with the Iowa Army National Guard. Since my military service I’ve written “All …
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I’m a seventh-grader and I’m worried about farmland security. Did you know that only 4 percent of the world is …
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For all the railroaders, both active and retired, our railroad retirement trust quarterly report for Sept. 30 has just been …
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