As Americans, one of the greatest gifts we are born with is the gift of freedom. Every year on July …
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Laura Hubka Guest Columnists Jul. 1, 2022 5:00 pm1317d ago
As Americans, one of the greatest gifts we are born with is the gift of freedom. Every year on July …
Dan Zumbach Guest Columnists Jul. 1, 2022 4:36 pm1317d ago
As we enter the 2022 midterm election season, Iowans are starting to vet candidates. As you do so, I want …
Ira Shapiro
Guest Columnists Jun. 29, 2022 1:29 pm1319d ago
With the Senate primary elections over, Iowans face the decision between Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley and Democrat Admiral Mike Franken. …
Zachary Michael Jack
Guest Columnists Jun. 29, 2022 7:00 am1320d ago
Critics would have us believe that the recent coverage of the infant formula shortage constitutes a cynical play for the …
Larry Johnson
Guest Columnists Jun. 27, 2022 10:57 am1322d ago
Iowan tells of being at wrong place, wrong time, in Ukraine, Turkey
Norman Sherman
Guest Columnists Jun. 27, 2022 7:00 am1322d ago
I think the country is coming undone, at least politically, for now.
Ron Corbett Guest Columnists Jun. 26, 2022 11:00 am1323d ago
Any elected leader worth a grain of salt knows all politics is local.
Sami Scheetz Guest Columnists Jun. 26, 2022 10:00 am1323d ago
One of my earliest vivid political memories is a campaign rally at a Cedar Rapids middle school with then-U. S. …
Jeff Klinzman
Guest Columnists Jun. 25, 2022 8:00 am1324d ago
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 pm1325d ago
Juneteenth invites us to learn about the history that has been long withheld from the masses and the reasons why
Guest Columnists Jun. 21, 2022 10:36 am1328d ago
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 am1329d ago
The United States Supreme Court is set to reverse the ban on prayer in public schools with a decision in …
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