TouchPlay bill unlikely as Iowa reconsiders game machines
The Gazette editorial argues Sen. Wally Horns proposal to revive TouchPlay in non casino counties is dead on arrival. Lawmakers and readers oppose Main Street gambling, preferring slots only in casinos amid four lawsuits and public concern over rapid machine expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wally Harn
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Towa
Legisla
Horn
Corndog checkoff aids Iowa State Fair ground restoration
Iowa taxpayers can support the Corndog checkoff on the Iowa 1040 line 59h to fund renovations of the State Fair grounds. Since 1992 the program has raised about 1.4 million dollars, with donations deductible from refunds or amounts due.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Des Moines
Iowa State Fair Blue Ribbon Foundation Board
Fairfield
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Dubuque
Muscatine
Clinton
Burlington
East 30Th and
University
Black History Month prompts debate on inclusivity
Readers discuss why February highlights Black history and question a White History Month, emphasizing the need for a fuller American history. Letters touch on education, media, politics, and a defense of teachers responding to snow days and the 2003 04 sports year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Daniel Hale Williams
Crispus Attucks
Benjamin O. Davis Sr
Samuel Chapman Armstrong
Ralph Bunche
Bessie Coleman
Jean-Baptist-Point du Sable
Benjamin Banneker
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Granville T. Woods
Robert Smalls
William Grant Still
Mary Eliza Church
Anna Nicole Smith as Courtesan in Public Opinion
In a sharp cultural critique, Anna Nicole Smith is examined as a modern courtesan whose marriage to a billionaire and ensuing fame exposed society's uneasy attitudes toward money, sex, and power. The piece argues her death exposes the era’s discomfort with sexual categories and the line between glamour and opportunism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Nicole
Public Opinion
Philip Xennicot
Washington Post
America
Anna Nicole Smith
Anna
Caravaggio
Toulouse-Lautrec
Lena
Letterman
Newt Gingrich
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Gazette
FOX News
Bush
Twill
Thomas Sass
Deupree
Mike Deupree
Joe Greene
Prince
Rolling Stones
Buckeyes
Dana Carvey
Carvey
The
Gazette
Valerie Nilson
Ceney
Valerie Wet Lion
Playboy Magazine
Che Gazette