Despite tremendous improvements in the 20th century, the U.S. is still far from being the healthiest nation. According to the …
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Barbara Chadwick, guest columnist Guest Columnists Aug. 28, 2016 9:40 am3360d ago
Despite tremendous improvements in the 20th century, the U.S. is still far from being the healthiest nation. According to the …
Steffen Schmidt, guest columnist Guest Columnists Aug. 28, 2016 9:40 am3360d ago
I see that Uber, the innovative car ride company, is working on a driverless car system for the future. I …
David Johnson, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Aug. 28, 2016 9:38 am3360d ago
Let’s take a trip through the Eastern Iowa countryside, shall we? Don’t forget the picnic basket! I’ll bring the road …
Julius Cavira, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Aug. 26, 2016 11:22 am3362d ago
Back when my Asian and Latino friends and I were sporting mullets because we all idolized Hulk Hogan, MacGyver and …
Tim Trenkle, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Aug. 24, 2016 10:23 am3364d ago
He said he was 58 years old. He had been in the Navy and he was raised in East Dubuque, …
Al Swegle, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Aug. 30, 2016 3:23 pm3358d ago
Freedom of speech is really a freedom to hear. We have freedom of speech because of Louis Brandeis, the Supreme …
Bob Krause, guest columnist Guest Columnists Aug. 22, 2016 11:00 am3366d ago
Only 35 years after the 1980s farm crisis, another storm seems to be brewing. Corn production is forecast by USDA …
Ron McMullen, guest columnist Guest Columnists Aug. 22, 2016 10:57 am3366d ago
Do you consider yourself to be arrogant, greedy, and violent? Me neither, yet a majority of Australians, Britons, and Spaniards …
Henry T. Madden, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Aug. 22, 2016 10:54 am3366d ago
A major factor in the discussion presidential election should be the dramatic reduction in personal income taxes paid by the …
Elisabeth Kissling, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Aug. 22, 2016 10:51 am3366d ago
Each year, close to National Hunger & Homeless Awareness Week, the Linn County Office of Veteran Affairs and Community Circle …
Caleb Gates, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Aug. 22, 2016 10:48 am3366d ago
Warfare language pervades sports. A quick listen to Olympic coverage yields numerous analogies. It was a fight to the finish. …
David V. Wendell, guest columnist
Music Aug. 19, 2016 1:27 pm3369d ago
Happy National Aviation Day. That’s a greeting you don’t hear every year, but in Cedar Rapids maybe you should. National …
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