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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 2014
Page
11
A Cedar Rapids reader laments editor Todd Dorman’s perceived bias against Gov. Branstad while urging balanced reporting. The writer promotes Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month and teal advocacy, urges early detection, and highlights wind energy leadership in Iowa addressed to Anita Terpstra.
Amana residents attend The Old Guy at Iowa Theatre Artists Company written by Tom Johnson. The dramedy features Robert Gardner as a curmudgeonly neighbor, Meg Merckens as the proper neighbor, Marshall Nielsen as a snake oil salesman, and seventh grader Elijah Jefferson as The Kid. The reviewer calls Iowa Theatre Artists Company Eastern Iowa’s best kept secret with performances rivaling statewide venues.
Leonard Pitts Jr comments on the Charles Vacca shooting at Last Step shooting range in White Hills Arizona. A 9-year-old girl from New Jersey used an Uzi under instructor supervision, the weapon in repeat fire mode, killing the 39-year-old instructor. Pitts questions legal standards and the country’s exceptionalism amid gun carnage and inaction.
The writer urges aggressive action against Islamic State, praising air strikes that aided Kurdish and Iraqi forces retaking Mosul Dam. He calls for extended bombing and delivering about 20,000 troops with tanks to finish the campaign, citing Thatcher and Bush era lessons.
James Jay Carafano urges the U S to support Kurdish forces and local assets in Iraq while tightening sanctions on Iran and disrupting fighter pipelines through Turkey. He advocates air support, advisers, intelligence, and supplies to Iraqi and Kurdish security efforts, plus continued diplomatic pressure on Tehran.
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