Do you ever have thoughts that keep rolling around in your head and will not stop? I’ve been bothered with …
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Jim Ross Lightfoot Guest Columnists Jul. 24, 2023 5:00 am873d ago
Do you ever have thoughts that keep rolling around in your head and will not stop? I’ve been bothered with …
Norman Sherman Guest Columnists Jul. 24, 2023 5:00 am873d ago
“It’s great to live with saints in Heaven, but it’s hell to live with them here on earth.” I looked …
Kurt Ullrich
Guest Columnists Jul. 23, 2023 6:33 pm874d ago
It’s county and state fair time out here. Complete strangers are rolling into small towns all across the Midwest, arriving …
David V. Wendell
Guest Columnists Jul. 23, 2023 8:55 am874d ago
The movie “Oppenheimer,” telling the story of Julius Robert Oppenheimer, the physicist who helped develop the process of controlled nuclear …
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On June 16, the Iowa Supreme Court let stand an Iowa District Court ruling declining to modify a 2019 Judgment …
Patrick Wohl
Guest Columnists Jul. 19, 2023 9:14 am878d ago
Every four years, the political world’s attention focuses intently on what’s happening across Iowa as voters gather for a first …
Nicholas Johnson Guest Columnists Jul. 18, 2023 5:00 am879d ago
I’m about to reveal a new book that could save your life — or at least explain when and why …
Bruce Lear Guest Columnists Jul. 18, 2023 5:00 am879d ago
We’d been driving a few hours. The warning signs were flashing, backs aching, bladders full. Time to stop. We were …
Norman Sherman
Guest Columnists Jul. 17, 2023 5:00 am880d ago
This may be more autobiography than you ordered for breakfast, but I think it does have some food for thought. …
Iowans for Health Liberty
Guest Columnists Jul. 16, 2023 5:00 am881d ago
“Advocating for women before, during and after pregnancy by promoting their reproductive choices.” This is the answer many OBGYN physicians …
Jim Walters
Guest Columnists Jul. 16, 2023 5:00 am881d ago
I rode on the first RAGBRAI, from Sioux City to Davenport, back in 1973, In the vernacular of that time, …
William Lambers
Guest Columnists Jul. 15, 2023 5:00 am882d ago
The first atomic bomb test in New Mexico on July 16, 1945 opened the door to the dangerous nuclear arms …
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