Freedom Festival Highlights Young Energy On Independence Day
The Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival marks a long Fourth of July celebration with tours like the Tournament of Drums, races, games, and youth energy. The piece notes historical parallels, showing young revolutionaries and the bid for independence as a model for today’s youth to identify with and celebrate.
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Cedar Rapids
America
Lexington and Concord
Philadelphia
Marquis de Lafayette
John Turnbull
Philip Morin Freneau
James Madison
Noah Webster
Nathan Hale
Joel Barlow
Aaron Burr
George Rogers Clark
James Wilkinson
James Montgomery
Alexander Hamilton
John Marshall
Gouverneur Morris
Edmund Jennings Randolph
John Taylor
Europe
Windfall windfalls eyed in Iowa jury award case at Canterbury Inn
The Canterbury Inn Coralville case may divert large punitive damages to the Iowa Civil Reparations Trust Fund. A $4.3 million award with $4 million punitive could funnel about $3 million to the fund, which has $80,444 balance and no disbursements since 1986. The windfall depends on whether the award is directed at the plaintiffs.
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County District Court
Cantebury Inn
Coralville
Iowa
Johnson
Tear down the wall between church and state
A guest column argues against the idea of a wall separating church and state citingFounding Fathers and historic mottos as evidence of Christian influence in government and education. It claims separation is a recent construct and urges dismantling the wall, noting a Supreme Court ruling on prayer at graduations.
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Congress
Sesquicentennial Committee
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Wendell Willkie
John Jay
United States
National Education Association
Christ
U.S. Supreme Court
Nussle and Nagle Clash Over Regional Reform Efforts
The piece accuses Dave Nagle of fueling partisan battles over the Waterloo and Dubuque enterprise zone proposal, while Jim Nussle advocates for bipartisan real reform. It argues Nussle seeks new solutions for economically depressed areas and condemns Nagle for resistance and partisanship.
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Dave Nagle
Dave
Nagle
Waterloo and
Dubuque
Jim Nussle
Congress
Readers debate the meaning of terms and labels in public discourse
A reader letter and responses question whether words like fetus family conservative liberal and moderate fit their current definitions. The discussion covers media portrayal and how wording shapes beliefs and division.
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Stedman
Abortion Debate in Public Letters Sparks Strong Views
Leah Malerich argues abortion ends a living human potential while defending peaceful protest methods. She counters claims that pro life activists are violent and urges open dialogue with pro choice perspectives.
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Leah Malerich
Royal Ave
Marion
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