Market swings expose budget deal's weak grip
In a volatile session the Dow Jones dropped 519 points ending a string of losses and underscoring shaky investor confidence. The Aug 2 budget deal is faulted for not restoring confidence or meeting a broader plan like the $4 trillion deficit-reduction proposal urged by President Obama’s commission.
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Standard & Poor
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S&p
John Chambers
United States
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Letters and community notes raise concern over politics and charity
A collection of reader letters from Richard J. Tjarks to Calvin Harris cover critique of U.S. spending, government bills, and Senate reception, plus a Marion Goodwill bracelet tale and a satirical sports jab. The piece closes with social commentary from George W. Kimmich in Blairstown.
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Richard J. Tjarks
John V. Pallo
Alan Laird
Colleen Tobinson
Calvin Harris
Construction delays spark debate over timelines
A Cedar Rapids reader argues that large projects like libraries face lengthy delays while historic builds such as the Empire State Building were completed quickly. The note attributes the issue to broader inefficiencies and cites a 2008 context.
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Cedar Rapids
Stephen D. Regan
Shameful act targets mentally challenged man in Cedar Rapids
A young man walking near Oak Hill Manor on July 15 was approached by a car offering $25 for his TV. He paid $400 recently for the 32 inch set, and the incident drew condemnation from a writer urging restitution and a public moral appeal.
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Cedar Rapids
Bill
Aisy Goodwin
Harsh critique of Senate Democrats and Obama over budget action
The speaker accuses Harry Reid and Senate Democrats of arrogance and causing national peril by refusing to act on the House cut cap and balance bill sent to the Senate weeks ago.
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Leach’s Civility Debate Reemerges With Obama Era Rise
Henry Winkler recalls Jim Leach’s shift from old civility to the so called new civility as NEH chair under Obama. The piece contrasts Leach’s past restraint with Ferguson’s label of a political hack while noting Leach’s public appearances in Des Moines and Washington.
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Iowa City
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Des Moines
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Joe Biden
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Jim
Values Voters Bus Tour draws Cedar Rapids watchful crowd
The Values Voters Bus Tour stopped in Cedar Rapids drawing two locals with family focus faces. Alice McCabe and her husband David Kesler carried signs featuring Sarah Liz and Milo while Rick Santorum argued against same sex marriage and civil rights.
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David Kesler
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Milo
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