Why does Iowa and the USA keep looking backward for our elected officials? They obviously have not fulfilled their duties. …
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Sherry Rowell Letters to the Editor Dec. 25, 2023 6:00 am625d ago
Why does Iowa and the USA keep looking backward for our elected officials? They obviously have not fulfilled their duties. …
Kent Williams Letters to the Editor Dec. 24, 2023 6:00 am626d ago
Gazette columnist Althea Cole has my sympathy for the health challenges she’s faced and continues to face. It is true …
Pat Penn
Letters to the Editor Dec. 24, 2023 6:00 am626d ago
Please be careful disposing of Styrofoam cups. Yesterday I saw two crows standing by the side of the road. One …
Dale Fitzgibbons
Letters to the Editor Dec. 24, 2023 6:00 am626d ago
On Dec. 13, numerous major news sources published reports online of a large group of protesters blocking six lanes of …
Mary McBee
Letters to the Editor Dec. 24, 2023 6:00 am626d ago
Since no local, state, national or international governing body has the backbone to stand up to the influence of Big …
Kamyar Enshayan
Letters to the Editor Dec. 24, 2023 6:00 am626d ago
What is poisoning the blood of our country is the hate and fear Mr. Trump is spreading. He has no …
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Phil Thien
Letters to the Editor Dec. 24, 2023 6:00 am626d ago
Banning books in schools is a horrifically bad idea. Parental involvement in their children’s education, for the most part, is …
Jodi O'Donnell
Letters to the Editor Dec. 23, 2023 6:00 am627d ago
The recent cases of Brittany Watts in Ohio and Kate Cox in Texas serve as disturbing examples of the consequences …
Matt Wells
Letters to the Editor Dec. 22, 2023 6:00 am628d ago
The world has gone mad. The media tells us that we will only have the choice between two compromised geriatric …
Katie Linder
Letters to the Editor Dec. 21, 2023 4:45 am629d ago
My 7-year-old recently attended The King’s Singers holiday performance at Hancher Auditorium. An evening that should have been filled with …
Margaret Bartlett
Letters to the Editor Dec. 20, 2023 9:53 am630d ago
Why is life the most valuable if it hasn’t been born yet? I don’t support abortion for convenience but am …
Ann Hart
Letters to the Editor Dec. 19, 2023 9:01 am631d ago
The dictionary definition of liberty is the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on …
Mary Burke
Letters to the Editor Dec. 19, 2023 9:00 am631d ago
Do you like having your rights and freedoms taken away by politicians who don’t care about you? Do you want …
Linda Stickle
Letters to the Editor Dec. 18, 2023 6:00 am632d ago
What a mess this world is! Biden appears to be systematically destroying all things that make a nation inhabitable for …
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