Conservative compassion shapes Pryce health care stance
The article notes Rep. Deborah Pryce's shift on health care and family issues after personal tragedy and lengthy leave for her ill daughter Caroline. It praises her unique position to influence her party toward compassionate conservatism and questions how experiences inform voting on the Family and Medical Leave Act.
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Deborah Pryce
Ohio
Pryce
Caroline
CQ Quarterly
Congress
Sue Kirchoff
Conservative House
George W. Bush
Rep. Pryce
Make these holidays happy for critters too
The piece urges avoiding impulse puppy or kitten gifts during the holiday rush. It advises giving a future gift instead or delaying until after the season and suggests budgeting for initial medical costs and spaying or neutering. It warns about unsuitable breeds like Dalmatians for average homes and stresses responsible pet adoption.
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Disney
Iowa prairie preservation vs Tropical rain forest project at Coralville
Cornelia Mutel argues against redirecting Vision Iowa funds to a 280 million dollar tropical rain forest center in Coralville. She urges prioritizing native prairies and local projects, noting Iowa's loss of prairie biodiversity and proposing Cedar Rapids and Coralville alternatives with far lower costs.
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Coralville
Wold Inelida
Iowa Child Foundation
Vision Iowa
Iowa
Tropical Rain Forest Center
Iowa River
Cedar Rapids
Vision
Iowa Committee
Suggestions for Reform in 2004 Election Process
Cedric W. Todd of Cedar Rapids argues for a national blackout on polls and results from Election Day dawn until all polls close. He favors keeping the Electoral College, tightening vote-count rules, and limiting campaign spending to curb media influence and bias.
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Cedric W. Todd
Cedar Rapids
Election mob recalls Nazi tactics
The author compares a 19th floor disturbance in the Stephen P. Clark Building, Dade County Florida, to Kristallnacht. The piece questions rising polarization, pro Bush protests in front of the Supreme Court, and the risk of entrenched zealotry returning to threaten constitutional norms.
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America
Stephen P. Clark
Dade County
Fla
U.S. Supreme Court
The Gazette Letter Policy Accepts 300-Word Submissions
Readers may send letters up to 300 words with full name street address and daytime phone. Only name and hometown appear in print. One letter per writer every 30 days. Include address and telephone. anonymous submissions are not accepted.
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Gazette
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Approve school bond for this generation in Cedar Rapids
A Cedar Rapids reader urges support for a December 12 bond issue to renovate four aging junior high schools built in the 1920s. He argues education drives growth, cites industry leaders, and condemns sign theft while urging turnout and a yes vote.
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Cedar Rapids
Gazette
Garfield
Franklin
Cedar Rapidians
Tom Riley
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University of Iowa
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