Like to help rebuild democracy in Iowa while improving your health? Read on. Democracy cannot be pulled, like a magician’s …
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Nicholas Johnson Guest Columnists May. 31, 2023 2:17 pm928d ago
Like to help rebuild democracy in Iowa while improving your health? Read on. Democracy cannot be pulled, like a magician’s …
Norman Sherman Guest Columnists May. 30, 2023 10:22 am929d ago
We gather by the thousands — students, alumni, just folks — to cheer University of Iowa teams. We’re happy when …
Kurt Ullrich
Guest Columnists May. 28, 2023 8:43 am931d ago
Walnut trees in my hollow have finally leafed out, always the last to do so. Most of their energy is …
David V. Wendell
Guest Columnists May. 28, 2023 8:33 am931d ago
In 1931, President Herbert Hoover signed a resolution making “The Star Spangled Banner” our national anthem
Joe Bolkcom
Guest Columnists May. 26, 2023 12:31 pm933d ago
Why was Gov. Kim Reynolds the only Iowan to be surprised that a company trying to turn roofing shingles into …
Norman Sherman
Guest Columnists May. 22, 2023 6:00 am937d ago
I have given up looking for needles in haystacks. When I moved here a couple of years ago, I figured …
Rich Patterson Guest Columnists May. 21, 2023 6:00 am938d ago
On a late April afternoon I was napping in my family’s New Jersey home when I was startled awake. A …
John and Terri Hale Guest Columnists May. 21, 2023 6:00 am938d ago
A crisis ignored eventually leads to catastrophe, and that’s what we’re witnessing. The word crisis was first used in 1990—33 …
Mae Hingtgen
Guest Columnists May. 21, 2023 6:00 am938d ago
“When you have your health, you have everything. When you do not have your health, nothing else matters at all.” …
John Sheda
Guest Columnists May. 21, 2023 6:00 am938d ago
Dear Graduate. Have you ever looked back and thought to yourself, “If I only knew then what I know now …
Randy Evans
Guest Columnists May. 21, 2023 6:00 am938d ago
In 2017, the Iowa Legislature responded to concerns from Gov. Terry Branstad and amended Iowa law to ensure when government …
Rob Merritt
Guest Columnists May. 21, 2023 6:00 am938d ago
Annual event with focus on innovation returns June 8 and 9
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