From the sidelines, another football coach, Bobby Petrino, bites the dust. Jerry Sandusky’s trial is scheduled to begin soon. That …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Apr. 22, 2012 1:12 pm4906d ago
From the sidelines, another football coach, Bobby Petrino, bites the dust. Jerry Sandusky’s trial is scheduled to begin soon. That …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Apr. 22, 2012 1:01 pm4906d ago
I made the difficult decision to fire my doctor last week. It was difficult, as he is a very good …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 21, 2012 9:49 am4907d ago
Regarding the Iowa House passage of yet another dimwitted proposed law, Rep. Bruce Hunter, D-Des Moines, encouraged Democrats to vote …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 21, 2012 9:47 am4907d ago
Advocacy groups have highlighted the highest payouts of pension benefits to public employees in Iowa, using these examples to start …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 21, 2012 9:46 am4907d ago
I wonder if Al Schafbuch (“Corn sweetener gets sour reputation,” April 14) has a medical degree to go with his …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 21, 2012 9:45 am4907d ago
There is a brief but essential message from a holocaust survivor in the April 17 story on Holocaust Remembrance Day: …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 21, 2012 9:44 am4907d ago
If we want to have “morning in America” and “a bright new day” for our children who are now young …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 21, 2012 9:43 am4907d ago
The “stand your ground” (SYG) law assures the right of law-abiding citizens to defend themselves in public as they might …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 20, 2012 9:42 am4908d ago
When the University of Iowa fired basketball coach Todd Lickliter, Wisconsin Coach Bo Ryan thought it was OK to recruit …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 20, 2012 9:41 am4908d ago
Although I am not a student at the University of Iowa, I attended two colleges in Dubuque and took classes …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 20, 2012 9:40 am4908d ago
The pristine Rock Island Preserve is about to undergo drastic change if the Iowa Department of Transportation has its way. …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 20, 2012 9:39 am4908d ago
That new law regarding employees who video any animal cruelty in an agricultural facility proves that our Iowa Legislature caters …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 19, 2012 12:44 pm4909d ago
Hasn’t the Iowa Cattlemen’s Association realized that the longer Gov. Terry Branstad speechifies about “pink slime,” or lean, finely textured …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 19, 2012 12:43 pm4909d ago
As reported in Monday’s Gazette, fishing license sales are up 67 percent mostly due to the warmer weather. My son …
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