What makes someone an effective leader? This is a subject I’ve been studying for over 30 years. I first became …
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What makes someone an effective leader? This is a subject I’ve been studying for over 30 years. I first became …
What makes an effective leader? Can leadership qualities be acquired and developed, or are they something that we’re born with? …
Mike Nemeth, guest columnist Recently, Fred Hubler raised a concern that may be in many peoples’ minds about Iowa’s new …
This week marked the seven-year anniversary of the last time the federal government granted hardworking Americans a raise. Since May …
‘Farmers should plant fence row to fence row” was a directive made nearly half a century ago by Secretary of …
Primary Election Day is June 7, and I encourage all eligible Iowans to make their voices heard by participating. Exercising …
My party is dying a swift yet painful death. I’ve identified as a Republican since I began to think about …
I, like many farmers in the area, have read with concern the many opinion pieces recently published in The Gazette …
A few days after the New Year, Gov. Terry Branstad unveiled a water-quality plan he called his ‘biggest and boldest …
Canada geese are displacing deer as Cedar Rapids’ most controversial animal. Opinions vary on whether too many of the husky …
This spring, the 21 members of Iowa Campus Compact will collectively grant degrees to more than 12,000 students. These students …
As we near the end of National Mental Health Month, it is so important to bring suicide into this conversation. …
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