I recently made the worst possible choices any mother could make. As for the charges against me, I am guilty. …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Jul. 24, 2011 12:08 pm5181d ago
I recently made the worst possible choices any mother could make. As for the charges against me, I am guilty. …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Jul. 23, 2011 12:10 pm5182d ago
Since the FDA first approved the sale of the birth control pill in the United States in 1961, we have …
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Letters to the Editor Jul. 23, 2011 12:09 pm5182d ago
Harold McCormick, the only one to speak for the zoning change from residential to commercial (“Fairfax’s zoning denial squanders opportunity,” …
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Letters to the Editor Jul. 23, 2011 12:08 pm5182d ago
When your front page story of the Bravo Company 1/133 Ironman Battalion deploying appeared last year, I was so moved, …
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Letters to the Editor Jul. 23, 2011 12:08 pm5182d ago
Typically, Iowa’s best and brightest leaders are asked to serve on the state Board of Regents. Gov. Terry Branstad’s recent …
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Letters to the Editor Jul. 23, 2011 12:05 pm5182d ago
I know there has been talk of a train between Cedar Rapids and Iowa City but I think now is …
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Letters to the Editor Jul. 23, 2011 11:59 am5182d ago
Cry me a river. Inmates should be made to think about where they are and why (July 21 story titled …
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Letters to the Editor Jul. 23, 2011 11:54 am5182d ago
I am a meth addict in the stages of recovery. I am in Marshall County Jail. Meth is everywhere. If …
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Letters to the Editor Jul. 23, 2011 11:52 am5182d ago
Thank you for the June 24 editorial supporting Family Promise of Linn County. We now have 10 of the 13 …
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Letters to the Editor Jul. 23, 2011 11:52 am5182d ago
The Sinclair site would be a great place for a campground. People wouldn’t just come to town to camp; they …
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Letters to the Editor Jul. 22, 2011 11:50 am5183d ago
As bad as the U.S. debt is today (nearly 100 percent of gross domestic product), it was actually worse at …
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Letters to the Editor Jul. 22, 2011 11:49 am5183d ago
Some observations related to state Rep. Kim Pearson’s bill, HFl53, which recognizes the pre-born child as a person: I attended …
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Letters to the Editor Jul. 22, 2011 11:41 am5183d ago
Re: “The true purpose of the Kennedy tax comment,” Donald Brady’s July 18 letter. If John Kennedy said he was …
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Letters to the Editor Jul. 22, 2011 11:40 am5183d ago
It is really hot, I thought to myself, as I walked from my air-conditioned home to my air-conditioned vehicle to …
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