Althea Cole

No direct financial ties, but past associations raise questions

Superintendent is not leading Cedar Rapids schools to success

2025: The incumbent versus the oddball

HONK IF YOU HATE TRUMP!

For today’s column, The Gazette’s most ardently conservative opinion columnist (that’s me!) is going to write something nice about a …

Sooner or later, Des Moines Public Schools will need to hire a permanent replacement for Ian Roberts, an illegal alien …

Roberts proved Republicans’ points better than Republicans ever could

It’s nice to know that Americans on both the left and right sides of the political spectrum agree on something: …

Hate on your screen can lead to trouble unforeseen

We all know that the more prominent the politician, the more security is needed to ensure their safety — and …

I will never forget the day an elderly man named Delbert Block walked into the GOP Victory Office in Hiawatha. …

No, they’re not taking away your IPERS benefits. That’s the most important thing anyone can take away from this column. …

I knew before any of it started that last Sunday was going to be a good day. Any day is …

I didn’t have much to say at first about the efforts of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Texas Republicans to …

Leaders of a Tuesday rally outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Cedar Rapids seemed happy to take the …