When our community grows, we must make adjustments to meet the needs of the community. Recently, the Iowa City school …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Jan. 31, 2013 1:05 pm4621d ago
When our community grows, we must make adjustments to meet the needs of the community. Recently, the Iowa City school …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Jan. 31, 2013 1:04 pm4621d ago
There is little difference between crazed madmen, zealots, or terrorists who are bent on destruction. What would we expect if …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 31, 2013 1:03 pm4621d ago
I am disappointed with the Iowa City school board’s decision to move forward with the diversity policy as written. Why …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 31, 2013 1:02 pm4621d ago
One cause of confusion about our money system is people are using precepts developed about our old commodity money, while …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 30, 2013 3:47 pm4622d ago
I needed a kidney transplant. After four people willing to be matches for me failed to qualify, another person stepped …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 30, 2013 3:46 pm4622d ago
After reading the Jan. 26 article “Supervisors given support to increase salaries,” I wondered why these people think that the …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 30, 2013 3:45 pm4622d ago
I have a question for the governor and the legislators who oppose speed cameras but passed Kadyn’s Law, which increased …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 29, 2013 11:53 am4623d ago
Recently, on one of Neil Cavuto’s shows, a security executive explained how the “man trap” works. It would not matter …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 29, 2013 11:51 am4623d ago
Retired Princeton professor Sheldon Wolin says nothing about casinos or gambling in his book, “Democracy Inc.” (2008) but he writes …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 29, 2013 11:46 am4623d ago
People of many faiths, and especially Catholics, face an unprecedented three-pronged attack by our government on three vital tenets of …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 29, 2013 11:44 am4623d ago
With the New Year under way, we, Taylor Morris, Danielle Kelly, the families and friends of Taylor, pause to reflect …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 28, 2013 11:49 am4624d ago
This month, we observed an anniversary of annihilation that supersedes anything in history. Over 50 million dead. An ongoing war …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 28, 2013 11:46 am4624d ago
We are making this casino scenario all too complicated. All those signatures to force a casino vote and, if passed, …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 28, 2013 11:44 am4624d ago
I don’t understand why there is so much resistance to getting a casino in our city. Every casino in our …
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