Cedar Rapids school officials claim they want nothing more than to be open and transparent. However, if you ask them …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Feb. 28, 2012 11:34 pm5066d ago
Cedar Rapids school officials claim they want nothing more than to be open and transparent. However, if you ask them …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Feb. 28, 2012 11:33 pm5066d ago
In the midst of heated rhetoric around President Obama’s decision about faith-sponsored institutions and health care insurance, let’s look at …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 28, 2012 11:32 pm5066d ago
Regarding a Feb. 19 column by Karl Knutson (“Stop glorifying war, redirect country’s efforts”): This column was an illogical, non-sequitur, …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 27, 2012 11:50 pm5067d ago
If I had a kingdom, I would gladly give it up for a single day of silence. A day without …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 27, 2012 11:49 pm5067d ago
The Cedar Rapids City Council was wise to put off the decision on Penford’s proposal to purchase Riverside Park. The …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 27, 2012 11:48 pm5067d ago
Rights are only rights if they cannot be taken away. Only God gives rights. The argument today is that women …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 27, 2012 11:47 pm5067d ago
I’ve been watching the news on the proposed Cedar Rapids school closings. I think the school board and the superintendent …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 27, 2012 11:46 pm5067d ago
The unprecedented flood of 2008 was more than just a blow to our community and economy; it disrupted lives and …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 26, 2012 11:18 pm5068d ago
Now that the House bill banning red-light and speeding cameras has passed through committee, I applaud those who supported the …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 26, 2012 11:17 pm5068d ago
Roman Catholics, under the direction and example of their bishops and priests, certainly never engage in any sexual activity unless …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 26, 2012 11:16 pm5068d ago
During the past several hundred years, society has extracted all the carbon it could from the earth, carbon that had …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 26, 2012 11:15 pm5068d ago
Talk is cheap. Let’s get real and consider what is important to Cedar Rapids. I’m talking about Penford and its …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 25, 2012 11:58 pm5069d ago
Since 1993, I have lived in the 1100 block of East Jefferson Street and have watched the neighborhoods between Dodge …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 25, 2012 11:57 pm5069d ago
I’ve never worked harder than I did after the flood of 2008. I would not trade the last few years …
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