When I read stories of criminals who want the venue changed for their trial, it upsets me (i.e., “Murder suspect …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Aug. 12, 2011 12:46 pm5162d ago
When I read stories of criminals who want the venue changed for their trial, it upsets me (i.e., “Murder suspect …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Aug. 11, 2011 1:52 pm5163d ago
I found it amazing that Michele Bachmann had the nerve to challenge President Barack Obama to address the nation with …
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A couple goes through a divorce, the judge orders supervised visits for the father. Only this judge orders visits to …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 11, 2011 1:50 pm5163d ago
I am growing increasingly frustrated with our senior U.S. senators from Iowa and their apparent lack of clout on Capitol …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 11, 2011 1:39 pm5163d ago
Recent news stories reveal a senseless hysteria about the dangers of nuclear power. Some of the wringing of hands comes …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 10, 2011 2:27 pm5164d ago
The subject in question is the lascivious acts committed against our most helpless citizens and our failure as a society …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 10, 2011 2:26 pm5164d ago
In Rick Smith’s July 28 article about the cost of the City Hall project, Mayor Ron Corbett is quoted as …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 10, 2011 2:25 pm5164d ago
In 1787 Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinburgh, said this: “A democracy is always temporary …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 10, 2011 2:18 pm5164d ago
Big game ends in overtime. Score: Elephants won, Donkeys zero. With referee Barack Obama spending his time looking for his …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 10, 2011 2:14 pm5164d ago
As I suspected, Gov. Terry Branstad has vetoed legislation that would have kept local workforce development offices open. Now is …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 10, 2011 2:13 pm5164d ago
A couple weeks ago or so, my aunt and I were shopping at the Goodwill store in Marion. As we …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 10, 2011 2:13 pm5164d ago
Government dependency has created our economic problems through encouraging people to abandon their personal, economical, and/or societal obligations in favor …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 10, 2011 2:12 pm5164d ago
The Empire State Building was built in 18 months. Cedar Rapids cannot build a library in more than three years. …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 10, 2011 2:10 pm5164d ago
Harry Reid and the Senate Democrats and President Obama have acted arrogantly and put our nation in great peril by …
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