The big-money people have Linn County in their sights. I don’t know why it’s anyone else’s business whether Linn County …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Jan. 2, 2013 12:00 pm4650d ago
The big-money people have Linn County in their sights. I don’t know why it’s anyone else’s business whether Linn County …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Dec. 31, 2012 11:51 am4652d ago
The corporate media (Fox, CNN, New York Times, talk radio comedians, this paper – they all serve the same masters) …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 31, 2012 11:44 am4652d ago
It was predictable. Since the senseless killings in Sandy Hook Elementary School, everyone from the president to national and local …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 31, 2012 11:38 am4652d ago
Your Dec. 23 headline “No tax deal skews January paychecks” does not apply to the great majority of taxpayers. Both …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 30, 2012 12:16 pm4653d ago
We expect indignation when tragedies occur. But a phrase I heard in the 1970s, regarding then-president Jimmy Carter’s foreign policy, …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 30, 2012 12:12 pm4653d ago
Three cheers Barbara Schlachter and the 100 Grannies for a Livable Future. Schlachter’s guest column “Nation urgently needs clean energy” …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 29, 2012 11:13 pm4654d ago
In the midst of development – the Physicians’ Clinic of Iowa medical pavilion, the proposed extension of Highway 100, and …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 29, 2012 11:58 am4654d ago
At 9:30 a.m. Dec. 14, I was reading with Robert. He was in his jammies – it was “comfy day” …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 29, 2012 11:55 am4654d ago
Words fail us in trying to describe this horrible (Newtown shooting) incident. I suggest exercising some caution in drawing conclusions. …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 29, 2012 11:54 am4654d ago
One of the most successful government public health campaigns was the anti-smoking campaign which significantly decreased the number of smokers …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 29, 2012 11:52 am4654d ago
So we’re going to try to ban guns again. It allows us to feel like we’re doing something about the …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 29, 2012 11:50 am4654d ago
I just wanted to thank the couple that recently gave my son $6 at the Subway by Walmart on Blairs …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 27, 2012 11:42 am4656d ago
I am a longtime DISH customer and KCRG-TV9 viewer. Recently, I went over the DISH/KCRG-TV9 fiscal cliff. In this season …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 27, 2012 11:41 am4656d ago
The National Rifle Association is not the media-portrayed ogre. It is several million of your friends, neighbors and relatives. We …
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