My connection with the Soviet Union, and later Russia, did not begin in Europe, as one might expect. No, that …
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My connection with the Soviet Union, and later Russia, did not begin in Europe, as one might expect. No, that …
Father’s Day was first recommended as a national holiday in 1924 by President Calvin Coolidge. In 1966, Lyndon B. Johnson, …
Being a first-time candidate for elected office, this spring has been my first real exposure to the bitterness that surrounds …
The farm bill is a critical piece of legislation for Iowa and the entire country. It provides a framework from …
The attack on higher education funding by the governor and legislative leadership have gone too far for at least one …
Almost daily we see news reports about the effects of human-caused climate change: unprecedented and increasingly intense fires, drought and …
Nothing feels natural about a natural disaster. Even in a community as accustomed to change as Iowa City, the scope …
For the past ten years, Matthew 25 has very intentionally positioned ourselves in places of pain and loss in the …
Like so many people, as spring 2008 unfolded, I could not have anticipated the changes to my life and career …
Yes, it has been a decade and, yes, it just seems like yesterday. June marks the 10-year anniversary of the …
The whims of Mother Nature tested Cedar Rapids 10 summers ago when the river banks overflowed, flooding 10 square miles …
Cedar Rapids is my family’s hometown. My mother and father grew up there, and they graduated from Roosevelt and Franklin …
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