The average person takes advantage of the downtime during the holiday season. As long as Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s …
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Nickolaus Hayes Guest Columnists Nov. 17, 2024 5:00 am305d ago
The average person takes advantage of the downtime during the holiday season. As long as Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s …
Michael Clive Guest Columnists Nov. 17, 2024 5:00 am305d ago
The Czech & Slovak National Museum and Library has been even busier than usual lately. For Iowans in search of …
Jeffrey Bradford
Guest Columnists Nov. 15, 2024 7:03 am307d ago
The first rule of health care is “do no harm,” a pledge that politicians should adopt as they seek to …
Shirley Ruedy
Guest Columnists Nov. 14, 2024 5:13 am308d ago
Guest Column | Shirley Ruedy Color me elated. On Nov. 14 I celebrate two momentous anniversaries — not wedding, not …
Kara Grady
Guest Columnists Nov. 13, 2024 3:14 pm309d ago
This candidate has lived in Iowa its whole life and is known throughout the state. Its platform focuses on ecosystem restoration and insect education. They’re one of the largest, most beautiful butterflies whose host plant is an equally beautiful wildflower.
Bruce Lear
Guest Columnists Nov. 12, 2024 6:33 am310d ago
The corpse of the losing Presidential campaign isn’t cold but they’re sharpening knives for autopsy. As always, according to the …
President Franklin Roosevelt Guest Columnists Nov. 11, 2024 5:00 am311d ago
President Franklin Roosevelt’s spoke on Armistice Day at Arlington National Cemetery on Nov. 11, 1941, just weeks before Japan attacked …
Norman Sherman Guest Columnists Nov. 11, 2024 5:00 am311d ago
I like humility in people. Most of us do. No high hat, no royal robes, no swagger. That’s especially true …
Mary Timp
Guest Columnists Nov. 10, 2024 5:00 am312d ago
Most people don’t want to be in a nursing home. That’s especially so because some of our homes are scary. …
William Lambers
Guest Columnists Nov. 10, 2024 5:00 am312d ago
The start of the Revolutionary War is known as “The Shot Heard Round the World.” Veterans Day, (Armistice Day) is …
Wally Taylor
Guest Columnists Nov. 10, 2024 5:00 am312d ago
Olivia Cohen’s Oct. 25 article in The Gazette, reporting on NexEra’s interest in restarting the Duane Arnold nuclear plant, requires …
Guest Columnists Nov. 10, 2024 5:00 am312d ago
November, one of those in-between months, rather like winter, but not quite, no longer autumn, and very dark. In November …
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