Letters to the Editor

In spring 2014, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources plans to eliminate the Iowa Geological & Water Survey (IGWS). This …

So the government shutdown is here. Let’s hope it ends soon. Whose fault is it? The Democrats say, we just …

American citizens, and others, applying for Obamacare must submit large quantities of personal records, i.e., proof of Social Security eligibility, …

A Sunday letter from the Union of Concerned Scientists (“Consider climate change information source”) referred to climate contrarianism as “extreme” …

Well, I see Sen. Chuck Grassley is running for a seventh term in 2016 at age 83. Has Grassley done …

The Gazette recently identified racial and economic issues confronting America, but as far back as the 1960s, reportage demonstrated racial …

Years ago, I was a Democrat, until that party took such a liberal bent it left me high and dry. …

I read where Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, and Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Iowa, (“Braley, Harkin introduce bill to combat bullying,” Sept. …

As I write this, my mother is one of 35 senior citizens from Clear Lake on their way to Washington …

Recently, environmentalist groups organized a protest in Cedar Rapids against the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline. They claim the pipeline will …

I am writing this letter in support of Anthony Brown for the at large City Council seat. I have known …

As an American, I value the freedom to disagree. In his Sept. 13 letter (“Impossible to justify killing 225,000 civilians”), …