This month world leaders recently gathered in Paris for the 2015 U.N. Climate Change Conference. For those of us in …
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John Hladik, guest columnist Guest Columnists Dec. 27, 2015 11:00 am3701d ago
This month world leaders recently gathered in Paris for the 2015 U.N. Climate Change Conference. For those of us in …
Terry McGovern, guest columnist Guest Columnists Dec. 27, 2015 11:00 am3701d ago
The bald eagle recovery program in Iowa is perhaps our state’s best wildlife management success story to date, but progress …
Jeff Edberg, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Dec. 26, 2015 11:00 am3702d ago
I adopted Colin and brought him home when he was one-day old. My wife and I were filled with joy …
Paul Winistorfer, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Dec. 26, 2015 5:00 am3702d ago
Words have meaning and convey powerful messages. Words matter. Images spring from words and meet each of us individually in …
William Lambers, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Dec. 23, 2015 4:28 pm3704d ago
This holiday season there is a gathering storm of famine. El Nino related drought threatens over 10 million with food …
Matthew P. Brown, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Dec. 23, 2015 2:52 pm3705d ago
Given the recent news of money squandering at the University of Iowa, I am now more than ever grateful to …
Thomas Kindred, guest columnist Guest Columnists Dec. 23, 2015 4:03 pm3704d ago
The recent uproar about graduate student housing isn’t just about next year’s rent. To be sure, the increased rent at …
John Mikelson, guest columnist Guest Columnists Dec. 22, 2015 12:01 pm3706d ago
There may be reasons for excluding our veterans from our national dialogue on who should be Commander-in-chief. None of them …
J.D. Salinas, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Dec. 21, 2015 6:00 am3707d ago
Presidential candidates in Iowa are declaring a new war on heroin. Overdose deaths due to heroin are higher than ever …
Ahmed E. Souaiaia, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Dec. 20, 2015 6:00 am3708d ago
American Muslims now live with three interconnected and devastating burdens: disastrous civil wars that are turning Syrians and Iraqis into …
Shams Ghoneim, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Dec. 20, 2015 5:15 am3708d ago
The horrific terrorist attacks in Paris, in San Bernardino, California, and globally by supporters of a fanatic, religious extremist group …
Robert Shedinger, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Dec. 20, 2015 5:00 am3708d ago
As the Christmas season bursts into full swing, the sense of peace, joy, and good will normally felt by Americans …
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