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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 2004
Page
10
Tracy Clair, NIE coordinator at The Gazette, promotes ads design costs and comic and sports content as educational tools. The program offers free newspapers to classrooms, school visits, and a celebration with Cedar Rapids officials and a Dr Seuss birthday event at the library.
A reader's letter argues against Bush era interventionism, recalling past U.S. actions from 1953 Iran to Desert Storm and Iran Contra, and contrasts with FDR's Pearl Harbor response. It criticizes Democrats, cites tax data, and defends a hardline U.S. stance while suggesting moving political discourse abroad.
Unemployed Cedar Rapids workers from Cedar Rapids Inc Goss and Square D face displacement as 2004 budget promises 2.6 million jobs but economists warn most gains are low wage and overseas. The critique argues new positions pay poorly and lack benefits, undermining perceived progress.
A columnist criticizes an proposed tobacco tax in Iowa arguing all citizens pay for government services. They say the plan unfairly singles out smokers, noting high per pack costs compared to Kentucky and predicting job losses and reduced tax revenue.
A reader argues that Christian doctrine supports equal rights for gays and challenges anti gay prejudice. The letter notes harms of divorce and cheating statistics and compares civil rights advances to historical abuses, urging acceptance and legal equality.
Thomas W. Lackner of Cedar Rapids asks why conservatives scold judges for interfering with elected officials yet oppose a judge not stopping the San Francisco mayor from issuing marriage licenses to gay couples. He labels conservatives hypocritical.
A reader cites Massachusetts Supreme Court rulings and California license controversies as threats to democracy, accusing judges and politicians of bypassing the will of the people. The piece urges lawful constitutional processes, civil rights concerns, and wary commentary on political pandering, ending with John A. King as the author.
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