More than a week after the derecho hit the state on August 10, thousands of Iowans are still waiting for …
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David Osterberg Guest Columnists Aug. 21, 2020 2:14 pm1998d ago
More than a week after the derecho hit the state on August 10, thousands of Iowans are still waiting for …
State Rep. Pat Grassley Guest Columnists Aug. 21, 2020 6:00 am1998d ago
For too long, many of our leaders at the federal level have given international competitors like China a free pass …
Maya Sims
Guest Columnists Aug. 20, 2020 5:00 pm1999d ago
Transportation to work is essential for finding and maintaining employment. While the current Iowa City and Coralville bus systems meet …
Aaron Lehman, Krista Smith and Haleisa Johnson
Guest Columnists Aug. 20, 2020 12:21 pm1999d ago
Iowa needs to think big on local foods – for the health of our children and economy. Recently, the Local …
Joni Ernst
Guest Columnists Aug. 17, 2020 6:34 pm2002d ago
Derecho. A word you probably haven’t heard often, and frankly haven’t seen enough coverage of. In Iowa, lives have been …
Walt Rogers
Guest Columnists Aug. 14, 2020 6:00 am2005d ago
The powerful derecho storm which hit Iowa this week is just another example of how difficult 2020 has been for …
Staff Editorial Staff Editorials Aug. 14, 2020 4:05 am2005d ago
Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, the pomp and irrelevance of political conventions are moving online. Democrats confirmed last week they …
Bruce Lear Guest Columnists Aug. 13, 2020 5:24 pm2006d ago
Gov. Kim Reynolds, thank you for your letter to all Iowans (‘Gov. Reynolds: We can’t let COVID-19 deter or divide …
Timothy Walch
Guest Columnists Aug. 10, 2020 4:00 am2009d ago
The famed historian Carl Becker once wrote that ‘everyman is his own historian.” Becker was trying to make the point …
Kurt Ullrich
Guest Columnists Aug. 9, 2020 6:00 am2010d ago
A couple of weeks ago I did something I’ve never done before, holding a Canon camera away from my face, …
Paul Deaton
Guest Columnists Aug. 9, 2020 1:00 am2010d ago
President Harry Truman did not need to drop the atomic bomb to end World War II. The first test explosion …
David Wendell
Guest Columnists Aug. 9, 2020 1:00 am2010d ago
These are frightening numbers – 3,580, 72,000, 226,385, 130,800. The first is the number of American lives lost December 7, …
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