Doctors in Lab Coats Not Prison Jumpsuits Cloning Debate
Gazette editorial argues physicians and researchers belong in labs not prison cells as lawmakers move to ban human cloning. It cites NAS distinctions between therapeutic and reproductive cloning and warns bans may hinder progress and harm future disease research.
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OWA
Congress
Christopher Columbus
State Senate
U.S. Senate
National Academy of Sciences
Iowa
What will victory look like in the war on terror
Senate questions the 2003 defense budget and asks what victory means in the war on terrorism. Byrd and Bunning press for clear goals and gains, highlighting pork concerns amid a $373 billion Pentagon plan and a midterm political climate.
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Congress
Bush Administration
Senate Armed Services Committee
Robert Byrd
D-W.va
Defense
Donald Rumsfeld
Walter Shapiro
USA Today
Byrd
Capitol Hill
Senate
West Virginia
Shapiro
Jim Bunning
Kentucky
al-Qaida
Rumsfeld
Armed Services Committee
Pentagon
House
AVING
Legislature Drains Senior Living Trust for Medicaid shortfall
Bruce Butters warns that Iowa lawmakers diverted 48 million from the Senior Living Trust to cover Medicaid deficits, risking future funds for elder care. The column argues the trust cuts nursing home reliance and supports home or community care, urging preservation of a promise to reduce taxpayer costs and aging care dependence.
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Iowa
Senior Living Trust
No Mercy for Terrorists Says Reader Letter
A reader argues terrorists and traitors deserve no mercy and should face harsh justice. The letter cites attacks on Americans, claims leniency harms national security, and condemns insanity defenses in murder cases, insisting defendants like John Walker Lindh must face consequences without pity.
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Gazette
Myriam Marquez
The
Orlando Sentinel
John Walker Lindh
Opinion: testing should prove knowledge not feelings
In a Feb 5 letter to the Marion newspaper, a reader argues against teaching methods that emphasis on being “all about ideas.” The writer defends exact answers, standardized tests, and strong outcomes while calling for rational budgets and better funding for Iowa schools.
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Marion
William Jacobson
Iowa
The Gazette welcomes letters and guest columns
The Gazette invites letters and guest columns with editing rights and non return policy. Contributions must include writer’s full name signature full street address and daytime phone number though addresses are not published. 300 word limit per letter, one letter per writer every 30 days. Column length 650 words or fewer.
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the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Bush Cheney secrecy over Enron links questioned
Cedar Rapids reader Bill Calloway asks why Bush and Cheney refuse to release notes from Cheney's private six meetings with Enron executives. He argues the secrecy hints at a self serving energy policy benefiting Enron and top officers while harming average citizens.
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George W. Bush
U.S
Bush
Kenneth Lay
Enron Corp
Enron
Washington
Dick Cheney
Cheney
Bill Calloway
Cedar Rapids
Government waste and debt cited in 1990 tape critique
Dutch Thompson denounces federal waste citing Citizens Against Government Waste and W R Grace Commission figures. He recalls 1990 debt at 3 trillion, projecting near 6 trillion twelve years later, warning of costly trials and looming bankruptcy for future generations.
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Citizens Against Government Waste
Alan Keyes
W.R. Grace
Timothy McVeigh
Oklahoma City
Mississippi River
Enron
E.M
Dutch” Thompson
Mount Vernon
Gazette Printer Letters Policy Note
The Gazette states it does not vouch for letters' accuracy or judge opinions. It invites corrections or contradictions from readers with equal opportunity for publication.
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Scott Swenson
Peg Schmitz
Iowa General Assembly
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NorthLand Agency On Aging
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Enron Mess
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