When the University of Iowa fired basketball coach Todd Lickliter, Wisconsin Coach Bo Ryan thought it was OK to recruit …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Apr. 20, 2012 9:42 am5014d ago
When the University of Iowa fired basketball coach Todd Lickliter, Wisconsin Coach Bo Ryan thought it was OK to recruit …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Apr. 20, 2012 9:41 am5014d 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 am5014d 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 am5014d 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 pm5015d 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 pm5015d 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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Letters to the Editor Apr. 19, 2012 12:42 pm5015d ago
Your April 6 editorial attacking Johnson County Auditor Tom Slockett shocks me. “Generally committed and competent?” He’s the best county …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 19, 2012 12:42 pm5015d ago
I see our Sen. Tom Harkin is the latest trying to force Americans to use a dollar coin rather than …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 19, 2012 12:41 pm5015d ago
Many people have complained about the traffic cameras loud and long enough that the Legislature got involved. The reality is …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 18, 2012 1:22 pm5016d ago
After reading Lenore Skenazy’s April 14 article, “Mental illness? It’s normal to be crazy in this world,” I thought to …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 18, 2012 1:20 pm5016d ago
The Penny4NASA campaign’s mission is to increase federal funding of space science programs. NASA is underfunded, and “We the People” …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 18, 2012 1:19 pm5016d ago
I am sure the author meant no harm with her April 14 column on mental illness (“Mental illness? It’s normal …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 18, 2012 1:17 pm5016d ago
I would like to hear a presidential candidate extol the virtues of this wonderful country we live in today. I …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 17, 2012 1:36 pm5017d ago
My friend, Colleen Pasnik, was honored by Gov. Terry Branstad with an appointment to the Iowa Board of Medicine but …
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