Hunger is a pressing issue in Iowa, impacting families in districts across the state. This month, Iowa’s state Legislature held …
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E.J. Wallace Guest Columnists Apr. 13, 2023 6:05 pm928d ago
Hunger is a pressing issue in Iowa, impacting families in districts across the state. This month, Iowa’s state Legislature held …
Norman Sherman Guest Columnists Apr. 10, 2023 6:00 am931d ago
This is a little preachy so stop now if you don’t look to me for divine guidance. I’m not much …
Bruce Lear
Guest Columnists Apr. 9, 2023 6:00 am932d ago
As a teacher I joked, “I hope I die during teacher in-service, because the transition won’t be abrupt.” Those meetings …
William Lambers
Guest Columnists Apr. 9, 2023 6:00 am932d ago
For Easter in 1915 the United States sent a ship of food for starving children in Belgium. This was during …
Maka Pilcher Hayek
Guest Columnists Apr. 9, 2023 6:00 am932d ago
Iowa’s anti-trans bathroom law traumatizes trans children. In a nutshell, the law tells people in our community they do not …
Iowa infectious disease researchers
Guest Columnists Apr. 9, 2023 6:00 am932d ago
Infection by human papillomaviruses (HPVs) causes a range of health problems, including certain types of dangerous cancers, such as cervical …
Greg Ganske Guest Columnists Apr. 9, 2023 6:00 am932d ago
We’ve never met, I am just one of your fans. I was at your last wrestling match in Iowa City …
Patricia Patnode Guest Columnists Apr. 8, 2023 6:00 am933d ago
The proposed carbon-capture pipelines may finally have awakened the state to the straw-house industry that is ethanol. Rep. Ashley Hinson …
Jennifer Sherer
Guest Columnists Apr. 7, 2023 2:39 pm934d ago
For music fans and literature lovers flocking to Iowa City’s Englert Theatre during this year’s Mission Creek Festival, there’s a …
Nicholas Johnson
Guest Columnists Apr. 5, 2023 1:01 pm936d ago
“Social media,” such as Facebook and Instagram, are increasingly perceived as “anti-social media.” The negative impacts include collection and sale …
Bob Watson
Guest Columnists Apr. 4, 2023 12:22 pm937d ago
No money for Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion programs at state universities, but millions of dollars for private Catholic schools. I …
Norman Sherman
Guest Columnists Apr. 3, 2023 6:00 am938d ago
I speak only English. I always thought that “oblesse oblige” was a French porn star with a fancy name, sort …
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