One of the first rites of passage anyone accomplishes is potty training. Children are taught to graduate from diapers to …
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Mandy Morrical Guest Columnists May. 9, 2023 8:52 am1005d ago
One of the first rites of passage anyone accomplishes is potty training. Children are taught to graduate from diapers to …
Norman Sherman Guest Columnists May. 8, 2023 6:00 am1006d ago
I want to start with a confession. I have never been Black. I have also never been a WASP. I …
Colleen S. Mulholland
Guest Columnists May. 7, 2023 6:00 am1007d ago
Who was your favorite teacher? It’s a question we all can answer. Not only can we likely tell at least …
Neal Urwitz
Guest Columnists May. 7, 2023 6:00 am1007d ago
Iowa farmers buy about as much fertilizer as anyone in the country, so they know one thing: prices are too …
David V. Wendell
Guest Columnists May. 7, 2023 6:00 am1007d ago
Charles Lindbergh crash-landed in Linn County 100 years ago.
Bruce Lear
Guest Columnists May. 6, 2023 10:16 am1008d ago
There’s an old story about how to boil a frog. If you put a frog in boiling water, it will …
Sami Scheetz Guest Columnists May. 8, 2023 8:35 am1006d ago
This week, the Iowa Legislature concluded the 2023 legislative session — one that will arguably go down as the most …
Waylon Brown Guest Columnists May. 4, 2023 5:30 am1010d ago
Iowa is at the forefront of renewable energy development, with a solid commitment to wind energy and a growing interest …
Nicholas Johnson
Guest Columnists May. 3, 2023 3:46 pm1011d ago
Can Americans’ electric cars slow climate change? In 1971 the comics’ Pogo ecologically observed, “We have met the enemy and …
John Allen
Guest Columnists May. 2, 2023 6:00 am1012d ago
This is a reply to the disinformation/misinformation in the article regarding House File 654 that would direct gun safety and …
Norman Sherman
Guest Columnists May. 1, 2023 6:00 am1013d ago
Quick. Who was Herbert Hoover’s vice president or George H.W. Bush’s? Can’t remember? It is not a sign of early …
Tim Trenkle
Guest Columnists Apr. 30, 2023 6:00 am1014d ago
A young mother cried alone in a booth in a fast-food restaurant. Court started soon. She stared at her legal …
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