Today’s political climate undoubtedly turns people off, spurred on even further by the recent tragedy that took place in the …
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Kim Casko, Kate Moreland and Doug Neumann Guest Columnists Jan. 25, 2021 6:00 am1841d ago
Today’s political climate undoubtedly turns people off, spurred on even further by the recent tragedy that took place in the …
Paula Vaughan Guest Columnists Jan. 23, 2021 12:00 pm1842d ago
It’s been 40 years since Iowa led the nation with a bottle deposit law. The legislation introduced by Gov. Robert …
Kurt Ullrich
Guest Columnists Jan. 23, 2021 6:00 am1843d ago
The doe looks a little scruffy, healthy but scruffy, like she got hung up in some plant or other that …
James Tutson
Guest Columnists Jan. 20, 2021 6:00 am1846d ago
I recently left a job at a faith-based nonprofit after being involved in it for over half my life. It came …
Timothy Walch
Guest Columnists Jan. 20, 2021 5:59 am1846d ago
It was just 60 years ago, on Jan. 20, 1961, that John Fitzgerald Kennedy placed his right hand on a …
Christopher Peters
Guest Columnists Jan. 18, 2021 5:00 pm1847d ago
Like most Americans, I’m heartbroken by what happened at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. It was an assault on …
Janice Weiner Guest Columnists Jan. 18, 2021 3:24 pm1847d ago
We’ve been in the Washington, D.C., area for the past five weeks. I lived and worked here not so many …
David V. Wendell Guest Columnists Jan. 18, 2021 6:00 am1848d ago
Martin Luther King Jr. Day was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan and first officially observed as a federal …
Geoff Cooper
Guest Columnists Jan. 17, 2021 12:00 pm1848d ago
A recent opinion piece in this paper by two University of Iowa professors (‘Pull the plug on ethanol,” Jan. 10) …
Jeffrey Bullock
Guest Columnists Jan. 17, 2021 7:00 am1849d ago
I am still in a state of disbelief after reading Rod Boshart’s recent article in the Cedar Rapids Gazette in …
Thad Nearmyer
Guest Columnists Jan. 16, 2021 6:00 am1850d ago
The pains of the pandemic have already caused scores of Iowa music venues to close permanently, including The Mill in …
Alina M. Borger-Germann
Guest Columnists Jan. 15, 2021 3:00 pm1850d ago
Gov. Kim Reynolds’ speech Tuesday scared me. As a teacher, I’ve spent most of this school year in a state …
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