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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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Apr. 18, 2012 1:22 pm5065d ago
After reading Lenore Skenazy’s April 14 article, “Mental illness? It’s normal to be crazy in this world,” I thought to …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Apr. 18, 2012 1:20 pm5065d 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 pm5065d 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 pm5065d 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 pm5066d 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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Letters to the Editor Apr. 17, 2012 1:35 pm5066d ago
The April 11 article “Lombardi will keep coaching, teaching jobs at Washington,” caught my attention. There was little information given …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 17, 2012 1:35 pm5066d ago
The recent “pink slime” debate has started me thinking on how we can help our representatives make better decisions when …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 17, 2012 1:32 pm5066d ago
For the second year in a row, President Barack Obama’s budget was demolished in the U.S. House by a March …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 16, 2012 1:10 pm5067d ago
A week ago, a fine man from the west side said that because we had a flood in 2008, we …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 16, 2012 12:55 pm5067d ago
Mary Sanchez’s April 11 column poses a question: “Have you ever faced a potentially dangerous, life-threatening situation?” I have on …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 16, 2012 12:53 pm5067d ago
“Pink slime,” or lean, finely textured beef, is a cheap way of producing a product that can be produced another …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 16, 2012 12:51 pm5067d ago
The caregiving team at DaVita Cedar Rapids was honored to welcome Fred Schuster, a staffer from Sen. Chuck Grassley’s office, …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 16, 2012 12:49 pm5067d ago
I find it awfully convenient that local gas stations all seem to have the same exact prices (price fixing?) and …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 15, 2012 1:57 pm5068d ago
Yes, cable barriers stop cars from crossing the median. What will they do to someone riding a motorcycle? I see …
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