Althea Cole

Mayoral candidate failed to consider how aggressive partisanship would alienate voters

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 column that people read. I know they’re reading because some take the time to comment.

If you’ve grown weary of the bitter partisanship that has clouded the Cedar Rapids mayoral race, brace yourself for more ugliness.

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?

“If all I did was protect people from being oppressed ... then I don’t feel it was a waste of my time.”

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 promise of things like new roads and better bridges.

Incentives work. They are perhaps the most robust driver of human behavior.

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 …

Charter schools aren’t subject to less accountability than traditional public schools. They’re subject to more.

Retailers could have their licenses revoked by the state if they are unable to afford the cost of complying