Does going to college make students into political liberals? Conservative activists have claimed that universities brainwash students and indoctrinatethem into …
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Matthew Mayhew, Alyssa Rockenbach, Benjamin Selznick and Jay Zagorsky, guest columnists Guest Columnists Feb. 11, 2018 6:00 am2922d ago
Does going to college make students into political liberals? Conservative activists have claimed that universities brainwash students and indoctrinatethem into …
Tom Miller, guest columnist Guest Columnists Feb. 10, 2018 12:15 pm2923d ago
Opioid addiction is the scourge of the nation and Iowa. Because of the opioid crisis, life expectancy in this country …
Reyma McCoy McDeid, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Feb. 6, 2018 10:49 am2927d ago
Last week James Conley III detailed on his social media page how he had been racially profiled by employees of …
Jake Porter, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Feb. 5, 2018 6:30 am2928d ago
During this legislative session, there has been renewed discussion of bringing back Iowa’s death penalty which ended in 1965. There …
Simon Conway, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Feb. 4, 2018 6:30 am2929d ago
The reasons to ban traffic enforcement cameras are too numerous for one small piece in The Gazette, so I’m just …
Michael Saltsman, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Feb. 4, 2018 8:27 am2929d ago
It’s deja vu all over again in Johnson County. County leaders tout a new and misleading report as proof that …
Peter Fisher, guest columnist Guest Columnists Feb. 4, 2018 8:23 am2929d ago
We marked an important anniversary in January, but it is not one to celebrate. Ten years ago the Iowa Legislature …
Christopher H. Marks, guest columnist Guest Columnists Feb. 3, 2018 5:00 pm2930d ago
A staff editorial claimed that ‘Iowa lawmakers shouldn’t reinstate the death penalty, or waste time discussing it.” Savor the irony: …
Kurt Ullrich, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Feb. 3, 2018 11:00 am2930d ago
Last week I managed to become embroiled in a heated argument with another old guy in a parking lot in …
Kenneth Atkinson, Hector Avalos and Robert Cargill, guest columnists
Guest Columnists Feb. 3, 2018 4:45 am2930d ago
As professors of biblical studies at regent universities of Iowa, we have experience teaching courses on the Bible. We have …
Derek Drayer, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Feb. 3, 2018 4:00 am2930d ago
Why does Iowa need to amend our state constitution recognize and protect the right to keep and bear arms? It …
Jacy Gomez, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Feb. 1, 2018 8:20 am2932d ago
Two boys were implicated in the killing of more than a half million bees at a Sioux City farm last …
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