Associated Press’ “Today in History” is my favorite daily newspaper column. The cogent lessons allow me to recall — with …
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Associated Press’ “Today in History” is my favorite daily newspaper column. The cogent lessons allow me to recall — with …
Franklin Roosevelt’s vice president, John Nance Garner, famously said unambiguously, “Being Vice President is not worth a bucket of warm spit.”
Could it be it that the plan you select, not the number of people, would give the best representation?
Surprising myself, I think the Iowa caucuses need to stay in place.
A little kindness goes all the way. Ironically, this has very little, and everything, to do with color. I’m always …
Imagine taking your child to the doctor, having your child diagnosed with a lifelong condition, then being basically told to …
When the middle class does well, we all do well. When hardworking people can earn more money, everyone benefits
In April, we capitalize on National Child Abuse Prevention Month to turn our intention toward promoting the meaning of adverse childhood experiences and the ways to reduce the risks of child abuse and neglect.
We have always had skeptics about science, but that lack of trust has increased in recent years.
Requiring teachers to post on the school website every item they teach, and all the materials used to teach is, “Not how any of this works.”
I have lived in rural Iowa for decades and I am still unused to the silence.
Because 18-year-old Iowa Public Radio is currently celebrating its centennial, a little history is in order.
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