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Posted July 17, 2013in Your View

Gambling and Same Sex Marriage

There is money in offering legalized opportunities in Iowa that is not available elsewhere. Most of Iowa’s casinos are along the state borders and take in money from out-of-state players. Now it has come to light, according to data from the Iowa Department of Public Health, that the counties with

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Posted July 10, 2013in Your View

Set the record straight on Zabel

I am answering a recent letter writer who wondered why Jim Zabel wasn’t in the service during World War II (Your View, June 20). A car fell on Jim, and he seriously injured his foot while trying to change a flat tire. This apparently happened after he graduated from Davenport

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Posted July 03, 2013in Your View

Let Zabel rest in peace, along with his integrity

Bob Fagerland’s question about why Jim Zabel didn’t serve in WWII is first and foremost no one else’s business (Your View, June 20). I had the pleasure of running into Jim on numerous occasions when flying through western cities. He was always wearing very thick-lens eyeglasses. He probably couldn’t see

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Posted June 26, 2013in Your View

I remember, too

I enjoyed the article by Michael Gartner (“Memories of 715 Locust St.,” May 30). I have never met Mr. Gartner, but we seem to have parallel lives concerning The Des Moines Register and Tribune. He was born in 1938 and graduated from Roosevelt in June of 1956. I was born

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Posted June 19, 2013in Your View

Why didn’t Zabel serve in WWII?

Among all the accolades aimed at Jim Zabel, I have seen no mention of his WWII service. He was born in 1921, so he would have been 20 years old at the beginning of WWII. He then proceeded to the University of Iowa till 1944. I’m not aware of any

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Posted June 12, 2013in Your View

GOP needs a more positive agenda

Republicans are trying to sell a message that the majority of voters aren’t buying. Republicans in Congress have a lack of respect for the majority and disdain for the rule of law and individual liberty. Public confidence with GOP policies has reached its lowest ebb. They support taxpayer giveaways to

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Posted June 05, 2013in Your View

Gartner’s story was enlightening to The Des Moines Register’s history

Thanks, Cityview, for “Michael Gartner’s Memories of 715 Locust” (May 30). That was one of the most informative, insightful and entertaining articles your paper has ever published. From the descriptions of the sights, sounds and smells of the downtown Des Moines of my youth to the insight into the workings

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Posted May 29, 2013in Your View

Stand up to the National Rifle Association

A lot of people feel intimidated, bullied or helpless when faced with the NRA, but Dr. John M. Hicks isn’t one of them (Guest Commentary, May 16). There are a few other notables: In 1994 former presidents Gerald Ford, James Carter and Ronald Reagan signed a letter to the U.S.

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Posted May 22, 2013in Your View

Question for the ‘smartest film critic in the world’

I have a question for Cole Smithey (“The Smartest Film Critic in the World”) about his review of the movie, “Sightseers” (Film Review, May 16). He refers to the gaudy sweaters that “approach a mythic level of hideousness last seen in the Beatles’ mocumentary ‘Help.’ ” Is Mr. Smithey perhaps

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Posted May 15, 2013in Your View

Register’s pandering to youth is ‘desperate’ and ‘laughable’

Take a look at the farmers’ market photos on The Des Moines Register’s website. Like photo coverage of all other local events on the Register’s website, you get the impression the farmers’ market is attended mainly by 20-somethings. I actually did the math, and of the 73 people whose ages

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