An issue in the Trayvon Martin/George Zimmerman case has gone largely unaddressed. That is the role of neighborhood watches. Zimmerman …
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An issue in the Trayvon Martin/George Zimmerman case has gone largely unaddressed. That is the role of neighborhood watches. Zimmerman …
Race matters in “post racial”America. Much is made of advancements in race relations to the detriment of overwhelming evidence that …
It’s hard to imagine why a government body such as the Iowa Board of Medicine would change its mind about …
Cedar Rapids needs to think about what makes Hiawatha so attractive that business continually wants to move there. I don’t …
The Metro Library Network (public libraries of Cedar Rapids, Hiawatha and Marion) have worked together for decades to provide the …
The last two weeks have been prime time for dogs to end up missing. The fireworks that were displayed in …
Charles Krauthammer’s July 7 column, “Obama’s global-warming folly,” contained some untruths as well as bad advice. He claims that “global …
In 1925, while stationed with the Imperial Police Force in Burma, writer George Orwell was expected to shoot a rogue …
On July 6, The Gazette had an excellent front-page story about plans to build a plasma-arc waste treatment plant in …
Profit-driven nursing home chains increasingly neglect and abuse Iowa seniors and people with disabilities, and Gov. Terry Branstad’s actions to …
Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds has publicly assured Iowans that the suspension of the state employee who alerted the highway patrol …
I hate to think that the Iowa Board of Medicine is the latest recruit of the forces working to end …
Do Gov. Terry Branstad and his spokesman really think Iowans believe that the governor and lieutenant governor were so engrossed …
Kudos to Target Store East for outstanding reaction and action taken by their staff during the June 24 tornado warning. …
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