Pool ladies nurture a sense of community at the Iowa City pool
Lea Haravon Collins, an adjunct professor in Iowa City, writes of bonding with senior swim ladies who become a maternal support network during her pregnancy. The piece notes how these informal elders provide guidance, stories, and encouragement, forming a powerful, everyday community.
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Iowa City
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Letter to the Gazette defends Confederate flag, GOPes history
Mark Bailey of Cedar Rapids argues against Jesse E J Lynch on the Confederate flag and Emancipation Proclamation. He says the banner symbolized division and racial terror, cites Lincoln’s 1862 proclamation, and supports South Carolina removing the flag from the capitol, calling it a unifying symbol.
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Jesse E.J. Lynch
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Chancellorsville
Stake
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State Capitol
Gore must heed Nader and his message
Cort Stapleton of Cedar Rapids argues that Ralph Nader challenges Gore by highlighting small business needs and corporate overreach. The piece notes Nader’s influence in California and urges voters to consider redress against monopolistic practices and heavy regulation.
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al Gore
Bush
White House
Ralph Nader
California
America
Wall Street
Gazette welcomes letters and guest columns
The Gazette invites letters and guest columns addressing public business. Submissions must include writer’s full name signature address and daytime phone number, though addresses aren’t published. No anonymous letters. 300 word limit. editors may edit. mailed to The Gazette Box 511 Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406 or via fax or email.
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Iowa
Gazette Readers Letters Policy Note
The Gazette states it does not vouch for information in letters nor judge opinions. Corrections or contradictions from readers may be published in equal opportunity for response.
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Divorce as a symptom of a healthy society
A reader attacks Philip D. Harvey for a July 23 opinion piece claiming divorce signals health in society. The letter criticizes the notion that changing marriages reflect strength and warns that families underpin national resilience.
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Maryland
Philip D. Harvey
Reader letter condemns Holocaust abortion comparison
A reader denounces a July 16 letter that equated abortion with the Holocaust. The writer argues the math of equality fails for human life, asserts abortion is not infanticide, cites religious views, and endorses the Supreme Court ruling against partial birth abortion bans.
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Supreme Court
Choice to Be Loved by a Child in Need
Leona Thompson of Cedar Rapids urges focus on children without loving homes. She argues for giving a living child a chance at love, noting many are in shelters or next door, abused or neglected, and calls for action to bring hope and turn their lives around.
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News of the Weird
Neoteric Words and Old insults Parade Through a Gazette Writer
A Gazette writer muses on neoteric terms like neoteric and canoodle and on older zingers such as dingbat and ding-a-ling. He traces meanings from Ned Ludd to modern usage and notes evolving insult language across ages and contexts.
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Nathan Hill
Gazette
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Jane Roe
New York
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