Welcome to China one more time
Peter H. Jaynes a Kirkwood Community College history professor recounts culture shock returning to China after a US visit. He describes Cedar Rapids cleanliness and emptiness contrast with crowded China and notes airport inefficiencies in Beijing and Tokyo style expectations. He details hotel tap water warnings and the Beijing airport experience.
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China
Dalian
People’s Republic of China
United States
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Kirkwood Community College
Denver
San Francisco
Tokyo
Narita
Asia
Europe
Beijing
Holiday Inn
Earth
Peter H. Jaynes
Dalian University of Foreign Languages
Demand for a downtown Cedar Rapids parking ramp
A Gazette reader urges a new parking ramp in downtown Cedar Rapids to relieve chronic meter and street parking shortages. The letter cites growth from McLeod Inc and Renaissance Group plans to curb meter time, warning of lost downtown business and worker parking challenges.
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Cedar Rapids
Gazette
McLeod Inc
Renaissance Group
Bob Pentice
Ground Transportation Center
Public frowns on hospital competition in Cedar Rapids
Letter from Vivija Baltins criticizes heated ads by St. Luke's and Mercy Medical Centers, noting high costs and layoffs. She questions patient care amid TV ad battles and accuses local radiologists and pathologists of Medicare assignment violations and balance charging for seniors.
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Integra
Cedar Rapids
St. Luke’s
Mercy Medical Centers
Stereotypes in Family Circus cartoon spark calls to end gender limits
A March 31 letter denounces a Family Circus strip as sexist and claims feminists seek equality by ending limiting roles. The writer argues offense to the cartoon reflects broader concerns about women needing men and encourages both sexes to break traditional stereotypes.
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Rush Limbaugh
Debate over Christian nation claim weighs on Cedar Rapids reader letter
A Cedar Rapids reader rebukes a March 26 editorial claiming the United States was not founded as a Christian nation. He argues founding documents and early education prove Christian premises and cites Supreme Court decisions and social ills as proof of secular revisionism.
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Christian Nation
United States
God
Jesus Christ
Supreme Court
The Gazette Letters Policy Details
The Gazette accepts letters up to 300 words. Include name street address and daytime phone. Only name and hometown appear in print. Mail Cedar Rapids Gazette Box 511 Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Fax 319 398 5846 Email varatte tylowa infi net.
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Cedar Rapids
Charge Considered in Shaw Killing Sparks Debate
H. Lenz of Sumner urges charges over a police shooting in Iowa City, arguing Iowa Codes 708.1 and 707.5 define assault and involuntary manslaughter and would apply to the killing of Eric Shaw, contrasting with officials who say no crime occurred. He calls for accountability and cites constitutional concerns.
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Iowa City
Tiananmen Square
Soviet Union
Iowa
Eric Shaw
Gazette Letters Policy Notes Readers opinions
The Gazette states it does not vouch for accuracy in readers letters and does not imply agreement with opinions. Contradictions or corrections by readers may be published in equal opportunity.
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At peace with death Easter inspiration in Gazette feature
Readers praise The Cedar Rapids Gazette front page story about Richard Travnicek’s death as an Easter inspiration. Commenters thank Tom Fruehling for the uplifting piece and contrast it with cult deaths, noting belief in life beyond. The feature, shared by Travnicek’s family, sparked reflection on faith and resurrection.
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
Tom Fruehling
Richard Travnicek
Richard
Earth
Jesus
Orville Schinke
Hiawatha
the Gazette
Travnicek
Jesus Christ
Margaret Speers
Cedar Rapids
I Grow Tomatoes and The Quirks of English Usage
The writer discusses language quirks in English phrases such as I grow tomatoes and stoned crackers. He considers why people use grow and related verbs, notes multiple meanings of stoned, and cites Bill Bryson on language clarity in The Mother Tongue.
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C.R
Schlesselman
Bill Bryson
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Air China
Newark Airport
People Express
Vivija Baltins
William James
James Snetzler
Shaw
H. Lenz, Sumner
Percy Caviness
Jo Wiese
Cari Kane
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