Editorial urges safer late night transit as model from Ames CyRide
The Gazette endorses expanding University of Iowa Nite Ride into a late night city bus route for all students. It cites Iowa State University CyRide as a two decade model with 24 year Moonlight Express origins and strong safety impact. The piece notes costs and aims to curb alcohol related violence by offering coed rides.
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Iowa State University
Iowa City
Iowa State
CyRide
Ers
City of
Ames
Sheri Kyras
Kyras
Letters to the Editor Questioning national direction and taxation
A reader urges a moral revival from the Bible citing 2 Chronicles 7 14 and laments secularism while criticizing tax plans and EPA policy He questions the change promised by politics and reflects on union and job issues across administrations including Bush Clinton and the fate of American industry
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Jesus
America
Wilma High
Cedar Rapids
You can believe in God and evolution
A December letter argues that belief in God and evolution are compatible. It notes evolution as a grand design, contrasts it with divine creation, and cites fossil evidence in museums such as Chicago’s Field Museum with about 1,300 fossils in the Evolv section.
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Field Museum
Chicago
Gazette Online Opinion Poll Question About Gas Tax
Today asks readers if they would favor raising the national gas tax to fund road maintenance. Vote at GazettenOnline.com and see the daily poll update.
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Eisenhower’s Interstate Legacy and Obama’s Infrastructure Push
The piece reflects on Eisenhower’s 1956 Federal-Aid Highway Act creating a national interstate system, its funding, and societal impact. It links lessons for Obama to pursue bold infrastructure investments, funded by taxes, while noting long-term costs and unintended urban effects. Tom Lewis, author and Skidmore College educator, provides context.
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Los Angeles Times
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New York
Robert Moses
Obama
Skidmore College
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