My dictionary defines marriage as “the institution whereby men and women are joined in a special kind of social and …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Aug. 28, 2012 1:41 pm4777d ago
My dictionary defines marriage as “the institution whereby men and women are joined in a special kind of social and …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Aug. 28, 2012 1:34 pm4777d ago
Re-electing President Obama would be like backing up the Titanic and ramming the iceberg again. The president’s words do not …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 28, 2012 1:31 pm4777d ago
We were told that the economy had shrunk 3 percent in the last quarter of 2008. We now know it …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 28, 2012 1:20 pm4777d ago
To those trying to oust the Iowa Supreme Court judges: Do some civics research. The judges were doing exactly what …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 27, 2012 1:12 pm4778d ago
Art Staed is competing for state representative in House District 66. He has strongly and actively supported technology and scientific …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 27, 2012 1:11 pm4778d ago
The federal government owns a 26 percent stake in General Motors and would take a huge loss if it were …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 27, 2012 1:11 pm4778d ago
Re: Sen. Tom Harkin column (“Ryan budget would end Medicare as we know it,” Aug 17): Voters deserve to be …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 27, 2012 1:09 pm4779d ago
The supposed leaders of our country make us believe they are here for us; they’re not. Paid political endorsees of …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 27, 2012 1:08 pm4779d ago
I hope all your readers read the July 22 guest column from David Goldfield (“Civil War lesson”). It was a …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 26, 2012 1:53 pm4779d ago
The telephone opinion surveys I have been receiving have been remarkably similar in their pattern. A question is asked and …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 26, 2012 1:53 pm4779d ago
I am very angry. I went out to my rental garden at Squaw Creek on Wednesday evening to water and …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 26, 2012 1:52 pm4779d ago
These are the facts. When a rape or incest occurs and a baby is conceived, there are three individuals involved: …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 26, 2012 1:45 pm4779d ago
Last week’s open house allowing residents to meet and speak with the seven candidates for police chief was a great …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 25, 2012 12:23 pm4781d ago
I think all women are glad that they aren’t living in the days of the Salem witch hunts. If you …
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