Not just criticism but actual open vilification of Congress has replaced baseball or football as our national sport. Finally, Texas …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Jan. 11, 2012 11:21 pm5009d ago
Not just criticism but actual open vilification of Congress has replaced baseball or football as our national sport. Finally, Texas …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Jan. 11, 2012 3:30 pm5009d ago
Recently a puppy was killed in a particularly vicious manner by a Muscatine County man. Thanks to the lack of …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 11, 2012 3:28 pm5009d ago
I recently had some plumbing work done. They did a good job and did a few extra things at our …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 11, 2012 3:26 pm5009d ago
Gov. Rick Perry, in a recent ad, suggests that liberals do not have “faith.” Based upon his platform, I can …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 11, 2012 9:18 am5009d ago
The Jan. 3 Gazette headline “Ranger’s death preventable” only displayed ignorance, suggesting that if guns were banned in national parks, …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 11, 2012 9:17 am5009d ago
Thank you for an informative article concerning the Department of Natural Resources’ practice of leasing public land for row cropping …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 11, 2012 9:16 am5009d ago
It doesn’t make much sense to pump crude oil from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico to be refined in …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 11, 2012 9:16 am5009d ago
Democratic lawmakers persistently block the regulation of lenders who lobby and donate to their campaigns, scheming undisciplined borrowers into eventual …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 11, 2012 9:15 am5009d ago
I’m a registered Republican because I believe in the core values of the party, less government and less taxes. Nowhere …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 9, 2012 11:12 pm5011d ago
Ron Paul is an extremist Libertarian, not a Republican. He is more extreme than Obama. He blames us for 9/11. …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 9, 2012 11:10 pm5011d ago
Big business layoffs and closures typically dominate the headlines, deservedly so. Yet, the closure of one Cedar Rapids Sonic restaurant …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 9, 2012 11:05 pm5011d ago
After reading Superintendent Dave Benson’s column (“An informed decision on enrollment and boundary issues,” Dec. 29), I couldn’t help but …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 9, 2012 11:02 pm5011d ago
Peter Feldstein, photographer and co-author of “The Oxford Project,” is to be highly commended for his “tell it like it …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 8, 2012 11:24 pm5012d ago
Thank God the Iowa caucuses are over! I have my telephone and mailbox back after hundreds of political phone calls …
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