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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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Dec. 30, 2012 12:12 pm4751d ago
Three cheers Barbara Schlachter and the 100 Grannies for a Livable Future. Schlachter’s guest column “Nation urgently needs clean energy” …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Dec. 29, 2012 11:13 pm4751d 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 am4752d 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 am4752d 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 am4752d 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 am4752d 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 am4752d 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 am4754d 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 am4754d 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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Letters to the Editor Dec. 27, 2012 11:41 am4754d ago
Recently, I viewed an ad on television promoting a plastic “automatic shooter” that fired 9 mm Nerf bullets. The ad …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 27, 2012 11:39 am4754d ago
Following the mass shooting in Newtown, Conn., people asked the usual questions. Why did Adam Lanza do it? What was …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 26, 2012 11:38 am4755d ago
Finally visited the NewBo City Market in Cedar Rapids and was not impressed at all, as (at least this time …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 26, 2012 11:33 am4755d ago
The massacre of 20 school children and six staff in Newtown, Conn., along with the death of the killer’s mother …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 25, 2012 11:40 am4756d ago
Much will be made of Cedar Rapidian Denise Stapley winning the million-dollar prize on “Survivor: Philippines,” but the best part …
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