My daffodil leaves are six inches tall now. A number of years ago I purchased an old-fashioned basket full of …
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Kurt Ullrich Guest Columnists Apr. 3, 2021 1:00 am1773d ago
My daffodil leaves are six inches tall now. A number of years ago I purchased an old-fashioned basket full of …
Adam Sullivan Guest Columnists Apr. 2, 2021 9:23 am1773d ago
The historic election challenge in Iowa’s 2nd District has come to the underwhelming conclusion everyone saw coming. Last November, U.S. …
Jordan Zakery
Guest Columnists Apr. 2, 2021 4:26 pm1773d ago
Polls can be illuminating, but a lot depends on how you ask the question. The Des Moines Register recently released …
Sue Dinsdale
Guest Columnists Apr. 2, 2021 6:32 pm1773d ago
As we mark the 11th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act this month, we have a lot more to celebrate …
Barbara Vinograde
Guest Columnists Mar. 29, 2021 4:49 pm1777d ago
This year, the Iowa City Free Medical and Dental Clinic is celebrating a very significant anniversary. Fifty years ago, on …
Mark Reynolds and John Macatee
Guest Columnists Mar. 29, 2021 7:00 am1777d ago
A few weeks into the new administration, the federal government is off to a roaring start on climate change. Democrats …
Norman Sherman Guest Columnists Mar. 29, 2021 4:59 pm1777d ago
Child molesters and illegal aliens are the prime targets of Democratic efforts to improve voting procedures in our country. We …
Pam Mackey Taylor Guest Columnists Jul. 8, 2021 1:11 pm1676d ago
James Lynch’s extensive article in the March 21 Gazette (‘5 cents a can, but millions at stake”) raises a number …
Kurt Ullrich
Guest Columnists Mar. 28, 2021 7:00 am1778d ago
Recently I ventured out of the woods, drove to a nearby town, Springsteen on the radio singing something about a …
Gilda and Barry Boyer
Guest Columnists Mar. 27, 2021 6:59 am1779d ago
Leadership matters, especially in times of crisis and in times of seismic change. As two people who grew up here, …
Pat Bowen and John Dickens
Guest Columnists Mar. 26, 2021 2:20 pm1780d ago
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed that our own health depends on the health of the person beside us. Ensuring others …
Laura Martin Luckert
Guest Columnists Mar. 24, 2021 7:00 am1782d ago
Earlier this month while Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds Governor was signing a bill into law to restrict early voting in …
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