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Category: Opinion

Uncivil tones are on both sides

Posted on Feb 18, 2016Feb 17, 2016 in Letters

To the Editor, I’d like to respond to the letter to the editor, in the Feb. 4 issue of The …Read More

Marriage: a sacrament in progress

Posted on Feb 11, 2016Feb 10, 2016 in Editorials

At the suggestion of their parish priest, Marie and Norbert Hammes got married on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28, 1940, because …Read More

Remember human trafficking victims

Posted on Feb 10, 2016Feb 10, 2016 in Letters

To the editor: Human trafficking, sex trafficking, labor trafficking and modern-day slavery are the different ways we have of describing …Read More

Reduce gun violence

Posted on Feb 4, 2016Feb 3, 2016 in Letters

To the Editor: Gun violence in our country causes 30,000 deaths each year. Americans are 20 times more likely to …Read More

Compromise needed for Iowa Medicaid

Posted on Feb 4, 2016Feb 3, 2016 in Editorials

Iowa’s most vulnerable citizens — children and adults with low incomes and/or disabilities — are at the mercy of a …Read More

Labor trafficking a trap

Posted on Feb 4, 2016Feb 3, 2016 in Letters

To the Editor: Being desperately poor when offered a good-paying job in the United States lures many individuals into a …Read More

Catholic forum insults

Posted on Feb 4, 2016Feb 3, 2016 in Letters

To the Editor: Many people are decrying the uncivil tone in politics these days, with some politicians sinking even to …Read More

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