A recent Gazette article (“Iowa and others losing war on obesity,” Aug. 14) reported that Iowa has moved from the …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Aug. 25, 2012 12:22 pm4781d ago
A recent Gazette article (“Iowa and others losing war on obesity,” Aug. 14) reported that Iowa has moved from the …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Aug. 25, 2012 12:21 pm4781d ago
A big thank you to the person who turned in my billfold to employees at Menards in Marion. And thank …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 25, 2012 12:20 pm4781d ago
We’ve been Keynesians since Franklin D. Roosevelt except for a short stint when Ronald Reagan, who preferred Hayek economics, was …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 25, 2012 12:19 pm4781d ago
The cruel person who decapitated the cat (Gazette, Aug. 10) was also probably pulling the wings off butterflies at age …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 25, 2012 12:19 pm4781d ago
Regarding Keokuk County Sheriff Jeff Shipley, who was pulled over for suspicion of OWI by a state trooper. According to …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 25, 2012 12:18 pm4781d ago
I thought my eyes were deceiving me. The Aug. 10 article stated that the Iowa Children’s Museum at the Coral …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 25, 2012 12:17 pm4781d ago
Regarding the letter published July 26 (“We must control access to guns,” Pamela Richardson): I want to clear up some …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 25, 2012 12:16 pm4781d ago
Several weeks ago, President Obama implied that people who start and build a business didn’t do it; big government made …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 23, 2012 1:04 pm4783d ago
Regarding the Aug. 12 article, “The high cost of food aid fraud”: I applaud efforts by the U.S. Department of …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 23, 2012 1:03 pm4783d ago
I must answer the President Obama misinformation campaign labeling Mitt Romney as an outsource pioneer. These outsourcing charges already have …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 23, 2012 1:03 pm4783d ago
Mitt Romney’s worth is between $190 million and $250 million (New York Times). Mitt relentlessly touts his business record, but …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 22, 2012 1:47 pm4783d ago
The most recent mass murders have been labeled as domestic terrorism by the FBI. The alleged killer has ties to …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 22, 2012 1:46 pm4783d ago
Sen. Tom Harkin’s Aug. 17 guest column on Rep. Paul Ryan’s proposed budget again demonstrated to Iowans his lack of …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 22, 2012 1:46 pm4783d ago
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