Our high school girls and college women deserve to compete on a level playing field.
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Bob Vander Plaats Guest Columnists Feb. 16, 2022 5:00 am1352d ago
Our high school girls and college women deserve to compete on a level playing field.
Okpara Rice and Les Garner Guest Columnists Feb. 15, 2022 5:24 pm1352d ago
By elevating voices that have previously been marginalized, we can create a future that works for everyone in our community.
Terese Grant
Guest Columnists Feb. 15, 2022 6:00 am1353d ago
With only 4 percent of the world’s population, the U.S. leads the world in waste generation but recycles or composts …
Sen. Zach Wahls
Guest Columnists Feb. 15, 2022 6:00 am1353d ago
It’s time we invest in our communities and make Iowa a better place for all of us, not just the wealthy few.
Kari McCann Boutell and Les Garner
Guest Columnists Feb. 14, 2022 12:23 pm1354d ago
The Endow Iowa Tax Credit program began in 2003 with an aim of capturing a percentage of the state’s transfer …
Laura Krouse
Guest Columnists Feb. 14, 2022 6:00 am1354d ago
The proverb was right. “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second-best time is now.”
John Hendrickson and Heather Curry Guest Columnists Feb. 14, 2022 6:00 am1354d ago
In her Condition of the State address, Gov. Reynolds made transparency and accountability a priority.
Kurt Ullrich Guest Columnists Feb. 14, 2022 6:00 am1354d ago
Fair warning: this column is about my relationship with a cat and my relationship with an old man. Have you …
Norman Sherman
Guest Columnists Feb. 13, 2022 8:00 pm1354d ago
I am a ghost. Over many years I have written dozens of speeches for leaders in business and finance, labor …
Jean Donham
Guest Columnists Feb. 11, 2022 3:34 pm1356d ago
I read with interest the recent guest editorial by Patricia Patnode regarding school choice (“Iowa students and parents deserve school …
Michael J. Jacobsen
Guest Columnists Feb. 12, 2022 11:01 am1356d ago
I was teaching them how to think, not what to think.
Bruce Lear
Guest Columnists Feb. 9, 2022 6:00 am1359d ago
What if Trump had used the power of the presidency to mandate “The Trump Triumph vaccines” for every American? Governors like our own Kim Reynolds wouldn’t have resisted the mandate because their beloved leader had imposed it.
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