‘Watch out for the mayor. He has a gun and he’s telling everyone he’s going to shoot you. Watch your …
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Nicholas Johnson, guest columnist Guest Columnists Jul. 8, 2018 10:30 am2775d ago
‘Watch out for the mayor. He has a gun and he’s telling everyone he’s going to shoot you. Watch your …
Marty Lenss, guest columnist Guest Columnists Jul. 8, 2018 8:30 am2775d ago
For the fourth consecutive month, The Eastern Iowa Airport has enjoyed record-breaking passenger numbers. To date, 4.6 percent more passengers …
Connie Mutel, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Jul. 8, 2018 7:15 am2775d ago
It is late June in east-central Iowa, but it feels more like August. Temperatures run into the 90s, with heat …
Carroll McKibbin, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Jul. 7, 2018 11:30 am2776d ago
I visited the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War in 1963. Thirty years later I returned in …
Kristie Fortmann-Doser, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Jul. 5, 2018 7:00 am2778d ago
I remember 8 years ago when Becci Reedus, executive director of the Crisis Center of Johnson County, told me about …
Sridhar Vedachalam, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Jul. 5, 2018 6:00 am2778d ago
When you open your faucet to pour yourself a glass of water, you expect that the water is going to …
Timothy Walch, guest columnist Guest Columnists Jul. 3, 2018 6:30 am2780d ago
On this Fourth of July, at the National Archives in Washington, thousands of citizens will strain to read the Declaration …
Jagdish Khubchandani, guest columnist Guest Columnists Jul. 2, 2018 6:30 am2781d ago
While the highly publicized deaths of celebrities have shocked America in recent weeks, rural areas are suffering the most. Each …
Carroll McKibbin, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Jul. 1, 2018 1:30 pm2781d ago
Upon arrival in Moscow we were bused to a hotel on the outskirts of the city. Soviet Friendship Society groups …
Gary Streit, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Jul. 1, 2018 12:55 pm2781d ago
Hard to imagine, but only a decade ago we had smoking sections and ashtrays on tables in restaurants. Children could …
Caleb Gates, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Jul. 1, 2018 12:20 pm2781d ago
We, the people of the United States, immigrants and descendants of immigrants, denounce the separation and detention of immigrant families …
Chuck Grassley and Lamar Smith, guest columnists
Guest Columnists Jul. 1, 2018 12:00 pm2782d ago
When Congress passed the Immigration Reform and Control Act in 1986, it was hailed as a victory for border security …
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