Althea Cole

To pass good legislation, your legislators need to hear from you. Despite what the pessimists will tell you, they want to hear from you.

Almost none of it had anything to do with numbers on a scale

The strategy was bold: Attack the opponents by tying them to politicians people are supposed to hate, even if it means attacking prospective voters in the process.

Those who are vaccinated, myself included, should consider that “doing our part” to fight COVID-19 might include listening to the concerns of our unvaccinated peers

I’m thankful for the opportunity to write a newspaper column that people actually read. I know they’re reading it because some have taken the time to comment.

What — or who — is Iowa Voter Info? I have no idea.

Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this column are those of its author and do not represent the views or opinions …

Does a pediatric COVID-19 mortality rate of 0.01 percent truly the extreme measures some have demanded?

How does one reconcile hope and hopelessness?

I’m bothered by the outcry from teachers. It makes me wonder what their classroom instruction involved in the first place.

“Infrastructure” is a beguiling word. It deceives us into giving politicians the OK to spend gobs of money on the …

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is doing her part to ensure Iowans aren’t incentivized to stay home

In a “post-truth” era, anyone with strong opinions can find an echo chamber of information

Sand, with his deer hunting bow in one hand and a slice of breakfast pizza in the other, has built an audience — but his latest act of self-promotion seems to have backfired

Early last June, I committed an atrocity. My crime: Offending a white woman by clicking “like” on a Facebook post …