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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Dec. 22, 2011 11:03 pm5029d ago
Tomatoes, corn, green beans and pizza? Does one of these words seem out of place to you? Apparently not to …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Dec. 22, 2011 11:02 pm5029d ago
I read the well written “folksy” article about life in Iowa by Stephen Bloom in The Atlantic. The important portion …
The Gazette Opinion Staff
Letters to the Editor Dec. 22, 2011 11:02 pm5029d ago
Battle lines have been drawn – 1 percent versus 99 percent. I have viewed both political parties with disdain but …
The Gazette Opinion Staff
Letters to the Editor Dec. 21, 2011 11:52 pm5030d ago
On a recent errand to mail Christmas packages, I visited a mailing depot. Upon arrival I was dismayed to discover …
The Gazette Opinion Staff
Letters to the Editor Dec. 21, 2011 11:51 pm5030d ago
In Jennifer Bioche’s Dec. 11 column (“Step up standards in kids’ literature”), she was critical of several children’s books, including …
The Gazette Opinion Staff
Letters to the Editor Dec. 21, 2011 11:50 pm5030d ago
The recent diatribe by Thomas Walker, an Iowa State educator who criticized sending care packages to troops overseas, is a …
The Gazette Opinion Staff
Letters to the Editor Dec. 21, 2011 11:12 pm5030d ago
If something doesn’t taste good, you don’t have to eat it. If you don’t like the state of Iowa, there …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 20, 2011 11:24 pm5031d ago
To Todd Dorman I say thank you. Dorman’s commentary shines light into the insular mind of Stephen Bloom. I’m borrowing …
The Gazette Opinion Staff
Letters to the Editor Dec. 20, 2011 11:24 pm5031d ago
Motor size is not the only factor when considering safety on Lake Macbride. When a driver of any vehicle exceeds …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 20, 2011 11:23 pm5031d ago
Dear Sen. Grassley, I am writing to express my extreme disappointment in you and your decision to support the National …
The Gazette Opinion Staff
Letters to the Editor Dec. 20, 2011 11:21 pm5031d ago
The socialists are here and they are taking our freedoms one by one. The government announced restrictions on the use …
Vicki Decker
Letters to the Editor Dec. 19, 2011 2:25 pm5032d ago
I’d like to know who decided to block the street with road construction at the Council Street post office in …
Vicki Decker
Letters to the Editor Dec. 19, 2011 2:20 pm5032d ago
We all know that Dec. 25 is Christmas Day, but this year it also marks the first game of the …
Vicki Decker
Letters to the Editor Dec. 19, 2011 2:17 pm5032d ago
One of the want-to-be presidents has said the children of the working class should work after school hours to clean …
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