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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 2001
Page
9
Joe Hladky serves as Chairman and Publisher while Chuck Peters is President and COO Ken Slaughter holds the title of Executive Vice President and CFO within Gazette Communications Inc.
The editorial links Taliban restrictions on women to Nazi policies, citing strict dress codes and enforced curb on education and movement. It cites Time and U.S. News & World Report depictions of abuse, calling for forceful action against oppression and noting uncertainty about lasting freedom for Afghan women.
The editorial profiles Sarah Brady, the prominent gun control advocate and former head of Handgun Control Inc. now the Brady Campaign. It notes her battle with lung cancer linked to long smoking, her pivotal role in enacting the 1993 Brady bill, and the tension between her public crusade and personal health struggles.
Norman Luxenburg of Iowa City argues that critics misjudge U S actions abroad over the past six decades noting Germany Japan and Italy rebuilt prosperity under U S influence while Korea Haiti Bosnia Kosovo and Ireland show U S led peace efforts He counters claims of collateral damage and blames Saddam Hussein and bin Laden for regional turmoil highlighting the columnist background at Purdue and the University of Iowa.
The letter laments that college debates evolved into costly sports rivalries turning violent. It accuses officials of turning competition into money driven warfare with pepper spray at Colorado celebrations. The writer decries the transformation of education with violent, crowd pleasing bowls promoting arrogance.
Kathy Daily of Belle Plaine reports the Iowa Grocers Industry Association campaign to repeal the deposit law. The piece suggests the fix is to stop selling deposit law items and let beverage stores handle traffic, framing it as a simple solution to their problem.
The Cedar Rapids Community School District fights to balance finances amid falling Iowa enrollments and a weak academic ranking. Critics urge transparency on non teaching admin costs and demand plans for a smaller district size to address deficits.
A reader challenges State Rep. Chuck Larson and other lawmakers on raising speed limits to 65 mph and questions the impact on fatality rates. The letter asks why FR/100 MMT on Iowa expressways rose sixfold after a 65 mph limit, why Montana with no daytime limit showed high rates, and why higher speed states posted above average fatalities in 1999. The writer calls for public explanations and cites past data.
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