The Metro Library Network (public libraries of Cedar Rapids, Hiawatha and Marion) have worked together for decades to provide the …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Jul. 14, 2013 12:54 pm4456d ago
The Metro Library Network (public libraries of Cedar Rapids, Hiawatha and Marion) have worked together for decades to provide the …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Jul. 13, 2013 11:48 am4457d ago
The last two weeks have been prime time for dogs to end up missing. The fireworks that were displayed in …
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Letters to the Editor Jul. 13, 2013 11:46 am4457d ago
Charles Krauthammer’s July 7 column, “Obama’s global-warming folly,” contained some untruths as well as bad advice. He claims that “global …
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Letters to the Editor Jul. 13, 2013 11:45 am4457d ago
In 1925, while stationed with the Imperial Police Force in Burma, writer George Orwell was expected to shoot a rogue …
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Letters to the Editor Jul. 13, 2013 11:39 am4457d ago
On July 6, The Gazette had an excellent front-page story about plans to build a plasma-arc waste treatment plant in …
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Letters to the Editor Jul. 12, 2013 11:39 am4458d ago
Profit-driven nursing home chains increasingly neglect and abuse Iowa seniors and people with disabilities, and Gov. Terry Branstad’s actions to …
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Letters to the Editor Jul. 12, 2013 11:38 am4458d ago
Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds has publicly assured Iowans that the suspension of the state employee who alerted the highway patrol …
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Letters to the Editor Jul. 12, 2013 11:37 am4458d ago
I hate to think that the Iowa Board of Medicine is the latest recruit of the forces working to end …
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Letters to the Editor Jul. 11, 2013 12:26 pm4459d ago
Do Gov. Terry Branstad and his spokesman really think Iowans believe that the governor and lieutenant governor were so engrossed …
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Letters to the Editor Jul. 11, 2013 12:25 pm4459d ago
Kudos to Target Store East for outstanding reaction and action taken by their staff during the June 24 tornado warning. …
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Letters to the Editor Jul. 11, 2013 12:24 pm4459d ago
We had a farrow-to-finish hog operation of 500 to 1,000 head. Our farm smelled because we piled manure outside year-round …
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Letters to the Editor Jul. 11, 2013 12:15 pm4459d ago
With all due respect to Jennifer Hemmingsen (July 7 column), it’s not just Midwesterners who love talking about the weather. …
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Letters to the Editor Jul. 10, 2013 11:35 am4460d ago
Flag etiquette: To salute, all people come to attention, citizens not in uniform place their right hand over their heart …
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Letters to the Editor Jul. 10, 2013 11:32 am4460d ago
I am amazed at the number of laws being passed that invade a woman’s body against her will, deny her …
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