In 1957, theologian Ted Geisel wrote a children’s story called “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.” You know the story. If …
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Steve Patton Guest Columnists Dec. 4, 2022 6:00 am1161d ago
In 1957, theologian Ted Geisel wrote a children’s story called “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.” You know the story. If …
Eric Gutschmidt Guest Columnists Dec. 4, 2022 6:00 am1161d ago
A disaster recovery aid package coming down the pipeline will deliver some much-needed affordable housing to Cedar Rapids and Linn …
Patrick Muller
Guest Columnists Dec. 3, 2022 6:00 am1162d ago
I like hoodies. They are comfortable, warm, and often celebrate an enterprise, a team or a place. I especially like …
Guest Columnists Dec. 2, 2022 5:49 am1163d ago
Iowa’s House of Representatives has set up an Education Reform Committee designed, according to their news release, to take up …
Barbara Eckstein
Guest Columnists Nov. 29, 2022 6:00 am1166d ago
Between Thanksgiving and the end-of-year holidays is Human Rights Day, Dec. 10, another date to star on your calendar. On …
Norman Sherman
Guest Columnists Nov. 28, 2022 6:00 am1167d ago
Do you like to go to the circus? One is coming to Iowa soon. It will be here for about …
Guest Columnists Nov. 28, 2022 6:00 am1167d ago
Peanuts cartoonist Charles M. ” Sparky” Schulz would have been 100 on Nov. 26. That his Peanuts comic strip still …
Guest Columnists Nov. 27, 2022 7:00 am1168d ago
No matter your age, race, creed, political affiliation or sexual orientation, we’re all in this thing together.
Guest Columnists Nov. 27, 2022 7:00 am1168d ago
Throw a stone into a pond and the waves move out in concentric circles, eventually reaching shores far away. Imagine …
Guest Columnists Nov. 27, 2022 7:00 am1168d ago
Gov. Kim Reynolds’ website currently reads: “School choice allows public education funds to follow students to the schools or services …
Guest Columnists Nov. 27, 2022 7:00 am1168d ago
Driving north on the wide, hissing highway east of here I noted what looked to be a beautiful, snow-covered mountain …
Guest Columnists Nov. 26, 2022 7:00 am1169d ago
Despite coming to America legally as young children and following all our laws, a loophole in our immigration system is …
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