Gov. Terry Branstad drew a line in the sand that should not have been drawn. The governor rejected any possibility …
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Connie Ryan Terrell Guest Columnists Jul. 17, 2014 1:00 am4230d ago
Gov. Terry Branstad drew a line in the sand that should not have been drawn. The governor rejected any possibility …
Ed Wasserman Guest Columnists Jul. 16, 2014 1:00 am4231d ago
The Board of Regents has proposed basing future state financial support primarily on enrollment of Iowa undergraduate residents. Currently, the …
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Guest Columnists Jul. 11, 2014 5:09 pm4236d ago
Many phenomenal acts or inventions are now easy to believe because of their existence. Only vaguely do we remember when …
John-Paul Chaisson-Cardenas
Guest Columnists Jul. 11, 2014 5:06 pm4236d ago
It has been an honor serving Cedar Rapids and Marion as the executive director of their civil rights commissions. Although …
Shams Ghoneim
Guest Columnists Jul. 11, 2014 4:38 pm4236d ago
As Muslims globally observe their holiest month of Ramadan, the month when the Qur’an was first revealed to the illiterate …
U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley
Guest Columnists Jul. 10, 2014 1:00 am4237d ago
Cheating taxpayers and giving false hope to disease sufferers is intolerable behavior. Unfortunately, the federal government doesn’t seem to do …
Joe Hrdlicka Guest Columnists Jul. 9, 2014 1:00 am4238d ago
Iowa has long been a hub of innovation in the search for breakthrough medical treatments. Over the past decade, our …
Kyle Skogman Guest Columnists Jul. 3, 2014 5:15 pm4244d ago
Having grown up in Cedar Rapids, my wife Susan and I both fondly remember the historic Wellington Heights neighborhood – …
Rich Patterson
Guest Columnists Jul. 3, 2014 5:30 pm4244d ago
How many floods is it going to take before we recognize that wise watershed management is essential for reducing flood …
Thomas E. Perez
Guest Columnists Jul. 3, 2014 5:30 pm4244d ago
Forty years ago this past weekend, my father died of a heart attack at the age of 52. I was …
Gov. Tim Pawlenty
Guest Columnists Jul. 3, 2014 5:07 pm4244d ago
When a medical device company that was started in a garage in Minnesota buys a competitor that is run from …
Kingsley Botchway II
Guest Columnists Jul. 3, 2014 4:58 pm4244d ago
Is racial disparity an issue in Iowa City? Unequivocally, yes. Are we doing things to address these disparities? Well not …
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