On July 5, I was on a road trip with my son and grandson to Pennsylvania. Being from Fairmont, Minn., …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Aug. 4, 2012 12:53 pm4905d ago
On July 5, I was on a road trip with my son and grandson to Pennsylvania. Being from Fairmont, Minn., …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Aug. 4, 2012 12:52 pm4905d ago
Was anyone impressed with the Queen’s presence during the Olympics’ opening ceremony? I know the “opening words” are prescribed by …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 4, 2012 12:50 pm4905d ago
The Gazette published listings of highlights of the Linn County Fair and surrounding county fairs in its June 23 issue …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 4, 2012 12:49 pm4905d ago
Hospitals should have formal, written policies, supported by evidence, to address family presence in the emergency department. A trip to …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 4, 2012 12:48 pm4905d ago
The government announced that the economy grew 1.5 percent in the second quarter. The reasons given for the small growth …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 4, 2012 12:47 pm4905d ago
The wake of the tragedy in Aurora, Colo., has churned up the topic of gun control on both sides of …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 2, 2012 1:36 pm4907d ago
I found the July 22 guest column, “Civil War’s lessons,” timely and hopeful. The historian, David Goldfield, writes that the …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 2, 2012 1:36 pm4907d ago
All Americans need to understand what President Barack Obama is selling us with his class warfare message of piling on …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 2, 2012 1:35 pm4907d ago
Buying into the Medicaid expansion program is a fool’s dream. In the July 10 Gazette editorial, you state that the …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 2, 2012 1:34 pm4907d ago
All I hear on televisions from Republicans is “Obama can’t create any jobs.” Well, a good start would have been …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 1, 2012 11:12 am4909d ago
If you believe in traditional marriage – look out! The president of Chick-fil-A, Dan Cathy, happened to say so (how …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 1, 2012 11:11 am4909d ago
President Barack Obama has often joined the chorus of those who praise small businesses as the economic engine that drives …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 1, 2012 11:10 am4909d ago
Art Staed and I have been educators in the Cedar Rapids school system for many years. As teachers, we are …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 1, 2012 11:10 am4909d ago
Rep. Bruce Braley’s website claims my thoughts and concerns are important to him. Unfortunately, his responses are no more than …
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