I think the country is coming undone, at least politically, for now.
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Norman Sherman Guest Columnists Jun. 27, 2022 7:00 am1265d ago
I think the country is coming undone, at least politically, for now.
Ron Corbett Guest Columnists Jun. 26, 2022 11:00 am1266d ago
Any elected leader worth a grain of salt knows all politics is local.
Sami Scheetz
Guest Columnists Jun. 26, 2022 10:00 am1266d ago
One of my earliest vivid political memories is a campaign rally at a Cedar Rapids middle school with then-U. S. …
Jeff Klinzman
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Behind all the fury from the anti-abortion people is a simple proposition: they want to tell clients what to do.
LaNisha Cassell
Guest Columnists Jun. 23, 2022 7:06 pm1269d ago
Juneteenth invites us to learn about the history that has been long withheld from the masses and the reasons why
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The Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance launched a program dubbed, “Race for the Space” earlier this spring. It’s a business …
David V. Wendell Guest Columnists Jun. 20, 2022 8:00 am1272d ago
The United States Supreme Court is set to reverse the ban on prayer in public schools with a decision in …
Norman Sherman Guest Columnists Jun. 20, 2022 7:00 am1272d ago
Age is on the ballot this fall.
Jerry Elsea
Guest Columnists Jun. 19, 2022 12:00 pm1273d ago
The 45 men who have served as U.S. president … what a cast of characters! They range in quality from …
Jim Brown
Guest Columnists Jun. 19, 2022 11:00 am1273d ago
There are multiple theories about the origins of American Father’s Day. It is most frequently put forth that, in 1910, …
Kurt Ullrich
Guest Columnists Jun. 19, 2022 6:00 am1273d ago
A day ago a doe and her twin newborn fawns hung out on my front lawn for a good while. …
Kathy Stejskal O’Neil
Guest Columnists Jun. 19, 2022 6:00 am1273d ago
Memorial Day is a federal holiday in the United States for mourning the U.S. military personnel who have died while …
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