Teaching is hard. Most parents learned that quickly during COVID when forced to be substitute teachers around kitchen tables. Some …
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Bruce Lear Guest Columnists Aug. 16, 2025 5:00 am33d ago
Teaching is hard. Most parents learned that quickly during COVID when forced to be substitute teachers around kitchen tables. Some …
Karla Twedt-Ball Guest Columnists Aug. 16, 2025 5:00 am33d ago
Aug. 17 is National Nonprofit Day — a day to recognize and appreciate the vital role nonprofits play in our …
Jonas Magram
Guest Columnists Aug. 15, 2025 9:44 am33d ago
I may not fit the conventional definition of a Christian, but I love Jesus — and I strive to live …
Shelton Stromquist
Guest Columnists Aug. 15, 2025 8:55 am33d ago
Did Iowans choose to lose their history? Probably not. But that is what is happening in their name. With the …
DC Larson
Guest Columnists Aug. 12, 2025 9:40 am36d ago
Some of the most instructive and entertaining videos accessible online are ones presenting Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk’s campus …
Terri Hale and Amy Johnson
Guest Columnists Aug. 10, 2025 5:00 am39d ago
Award winning filmmaker Ken Burns has called public broadcasting the “Declaration of Independence applied to communications.” Acclaimed travel writer Rick …
Reps. Randy Feenstra and Jason Smith Guest Columnists Aug. 10, 2025 5:00 am39d ago
On Independence Day, as Americans were celebrating our nation’s 249th birthday with fireworks, barbecues, and road trips, President Donald Trump …
Rita Hart Guest Columnists Aug. 10, 2025 5:00 am39d ago
The lack of affordable and accessible child care costs Iowa about $1.1 billion a year in lost earnings and tax revenue
Jeff Kaufmann
Guest Columnists Aug. 10, 2025 5:00 am39d ago
Guest Column | Jeff Kaufmann Raising a family is no easy task, but it shouldn’t bankrupt you. As both a …
Tim Trenkle
Guest Columnists Aug. 10, 2025 5:00 am39d ago
According to Jeremy Bentham, he had developed “ A new mode of obtaining power of mind over mind.” Two centuries …
Matt Hayek
Guest Columnists Aug. 9, 2025 5:00 am40d ago
Recently The Gazette covered an alarming report from the non-partisan Common Sense Institute of Iowa (CSI) on our state’s worsening …
John Hendrickson
Guest Columnists Aug. 8, 2025 12:08 pm40d ago
The reopening of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum in the summer of 2026 will coincide with the celebrations …
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