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Talking about how, when the time comes, we’d like to live our last days is not at the top of …
It’s difficult to overstate the importance of the task ahead for Governor Branstad, or the challenges entailed in his new …
Common sense is a big thing in our state. We like to call things as we see them and so …
In emergencies, minutes matter. The toddler who plays with a lighter, the child who falls out of a tree, the …
A rule slipped deep inside the Obamacare legislation has left the hospitals most committed to serving the poorest Americans without …
Recently, I have been in a public discussion with members of the Eastern Iowa press corps. Columnist Todd Dorman of …
When I served in Afghanistan, I was in the 734th Agribusiness Development Team – a unit made of Army National …
The opening of the Rapid Creek Cidery at Wilson’s Orchard on Dingleberry Road has been noted in several media stories …
There’s an emerging divide within the Republican Party over foreign policy and it’s on display right now in Iowa’s Congressional …
‘Our liberties we prize, our rights we will maintain.” Adopted just over 170 years ago, Iowa’s state motto represents a …
A recent guest column presented several concerns about League of Women Voters Legislative forums. One concern was about the nonpartisanship …
A few months ago, newspapers around the state ran attention-grabbing headlines reporting that the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) was …
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