Republican leadership is causing Iowa to fail. Republicans’ “culture war” issues distract us from a much bigger problem: For the …
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Randy Dillon Guest Columnists Dec. 1, 2025 9:30 am19d ago
Republican leadership is causing Iowa to fail. Republicans’ “culture war” issues distract us from a much bigger problem: For the …
Kee Hyun Park and Shannon Carcelli Guest Columnists Nov. 30, 2025 7:56 am20d ago
Farmers — long Trump backers — bear the costs of new tariffs, restricted immigration and slashed renewable energy subsidies
Bruce Lear
Guest Columnists Nov. 30, 2025 7:55 am20d ago
We’ve probably all seen Mr. Overflowing Plate in the buffet line. He can’t make a choice, so he chooses everything. …
Lyle Muller,
Guest Columnists Dec. 8, 2025 7:59 am12d ago
Eva Castro says she left Colombia to escape violence and to work in the United States. She hopes she can …
Dr. Christopher R. Crossett
Guest Columnists Nov. 30, 2025 7:51 am20d ago
In the winter of 1858, a nurse sat beneath the dim light of a London lamp, charting the causes of …
Wayne Pacelle
Guest Columnists Nov. 30, 2025 7:50 am20d ago
Nearly every major food retailer in the United States –from McDonald’s to Costco to Walmart to Target — has issued …
Kurt Rogahn Guest Columnists Nov. 30, 2025 7:48 am20d ago
About a year ago, a young man in his early 20s spent cold winter nights living under one of the …
Karla Twedt-Ball Guest Columnists Nov. 29, 2025 8:18 am21d ago
On Dec. 2, nonprofits around the country will observe #GivingTuesday, a global day of encouraging people to do good. After …
James Martin-Schramm
Guest Columnists Nov. 29, 2025 8:11 am21d ago
We deserve stronger cost controls and greater ratepayer protections in Alliant Energy’s proposed New Wind III project, which is currently …
William Lambers
Guest Columnists Nov. 27, 2025 5:00 am23d ago
It was Thanksgiving in 1946 and the celebration took place as far away as Germany, which was in ruins after …
Jason Zbornik
Guest Columnists Nov. 26, 2025 5:00 am24d ago
In my more than two years as executive director at CSPS Hall in Cedar Rapids, I’ve often found myself in …
Richard T. Olson
Guest Columnists Nov. 26, 2025 5:00 am24d ago
Cedar Rapids’ second consecutive failed school bond, the loss of 622 students in a single year and the now revealed …
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