The best accounting to date of the federal government’s bailout of the failed private sector was done by the non-partisan …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Jan. 5, 2013 1:46 pm4745d ago
The best accounting to date of the federal government’s bailout of the failed private sector was done by the non-partisan …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Jan. 4, 2013 11:01 am4746d ago
Regarding the Dec. 16 story, “Older drivers raise worries”: I don’t know what the percentage of accidents are caused by …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 4, 2013 11:00 am4746d ago
The Iowa Supreme Court’s ruling upholding the firing of a dental assistant for being too attractive again proves that unless …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 4, 2013 10:58 am4746d ago
Regarding the Dec. 26 column by Kathleen McNamara (“Paramount needs concessions guidelines”): I agree wholeheartedly that food and drinks should …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 3, 2013 11:20 am4747d ago
I was heartened that federal judge James Jarvey dismissed the nuisance lawsuit filed by Sue Thayer against her former employer, …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 3, 2013 11:19 am4747d ago
I have seen, read and heard about much hand-wringing surrounding the terrible, horrific deaths of the students and adults in …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 3, 2013 11:18 am4747d ago
First, my heart still aches for the loss of innocent lives, not just in Newtown, but all across America. There …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 3, 2013 11:18 am4747d ago
Regarding the gun violence epidemic that has been escalating for the last several years in our society is a public …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 2, 2013 12:04 pm4748d ago
Before one rejects out of hand the proposed idea (of arming people in schools) as costing too much, consider the …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 2, 2013 12:00 pm4748d 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 …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 31, 2012 11:51 am4750d 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 am4750d 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 am4750d 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 pm4751d 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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