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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 2005
Page
6
The Gazette notes a three-member canvass to determine which of 403 challenged ballots will be counted after a tight election over incorporating Lake Delhi as a city. It recalls heated campaigning and calls for community unity regardless of the outcome.
Brian Sheehy of Dyersville weighs in on the use of Sheehan’s moral authority in media coverage of her son Casey Sheehan’s death in Iraq. The piece critiques identity politics, calls out the “chickenhawk” label, and questions whether moral authority justifies political stance or critiques.
A reader defends U.S. wartime actions while arguing against revisionist views. The piece cites atom bomb use as saving lives and criticizes liberal blame narratives. It notes obesity rising to 20 percent, costs at 9.4 percent of health care, and school fitness cuts, urging daily exercise.
A letter argues against left-wing claims about the atomic bomb decision in World War II. It contends Japan had a weakened military, cites Iwo Jima casualties, and asserts the bomb targeted civilians amid calls to strike Japan’s military power.
In response to Jonathan Chait’s July 31 column, a reader argues the piece overstates concerns about President Bush’s regimen. The letter notes 16 711 runners in the Bix 7 on July 30 and cites Sam Gutterman of PricewaterhouseCoopers on CDC data showing over half of U S adults were overweight in 2000.
Dell Lawrence Marion reports that a court and bar association rule, not state law, withholds jurors from knowing verdict consequences. The Fully Informed Jury Association of Iowa has urged legislators to nullify the rule published in Iowa Criminal Jury Instructions par. 101.18.
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