Iowa Republicans must stand on principle not partisanship
The Gazette editorial calls on GOP leaders to show courage over fear and reject partisanship after Donald Trump disparaged Gold Star parents Khizr and Ghazala Khan. It notes mixed reactions from Iowa elected officials and urges clear stands on military families and core values.
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White House
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Khizr
Ghazala Khan
U.S. Army
Humayun Khan
Ghazala
Iraq
Terry Branstad
U.S
Joni Ernst
Iowa National Guard
David Young
Ernst
Chuck Grassley
Rod Blum
Steve King
Being good without God debated in community letters
A reader challenges the July 23 Gazette piece claiming moral good requires God. The letter questions atheism as a belief system, asks how it answers parental grief, authenticates Jesus, and probes defining good versus cultural relativism and nihilism.
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Gazette
God
Alan Diehl
Jesus
Signage urged to protect cyclists on roadways
Readers debate equal rights for bicycles and motorcycles in traffic. A letter argues for clearly marked slow moving vehicle signs and safer infrastructure to prevent deaths while noting local road conditions and civic improvements.
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Steve Severn
Iowa
Compensating differences in economics and society
Walter E. Williams discusses compensating differences as a tool in economics and everyday life. He cites Jimmy Soul's lyric and real-world examples from medicine, housing, and markets, arguing that relative disadvantages can be offset by higher earnings or lower prices, shaping outcomes and choices.
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Jimmy Soul
Williams
Dorman pitches urban rural tax bridge to fund water quality
Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett, weighing a 2018 governor bid, urges raising a state sales tax to fund a water quality trust, linking Cedar Rapids grain traffic and farm interests. He presses for a city rural cooperation plan amid mixed GOP reception and Farm Bureau split.
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Leland
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Butler County
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Kim Reynolds
St. Charles
Clarke County
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