By Dr. Maureen McCue —- Carolyn Heising, professor of engineering at Iowa State, suggested in her June 5 guest column …
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By Dr. Maureen McCue —- Carolyn Heising, professor of engineering at Iowa State, suggested in her June 5 guest column …
Editor’s note: The following is an edited version of Jim Leach’s May 29 commencement address at Des Moines University. The …
By James Gattuso —- The claim by Chrysler (and Fiat) CEO Sergio Marchionne that the company has paid off its …
By Michael Saltsman —- When a fast-food restaurant company recently announced it would be undertaking its own brand of economic …
By Sandy Heth —- November’s election screamed: JOBS! JOBS! Politicians heard: “JOBS! JOBS!” Post-November, politicians screamed: BUDGET! BUDGET! Budget cuts …
By Carolyn D. Heising —– On May 26, 1958, in western Pennsylvania, the first nuclear power plant began generating electricity …
By Steven N. Brody —- In May 2010, Planned Parenthood Federation of America President Cecile Richards visited Cedar Rapids to …
By Patrick S. Jury and John Sorensen —– More U.S. consumers now have debit cards than credit cards and use …
By Kyle Scott —- Flooding one town to save another doesn’t make much sense to most people, but that is …
By Hunter Parks —- It has been over one year since President Obama signed his health care reform plan into …
By August Meyer —- ‘Allowing weapons on campus would invite bloodshed and a return to the “wild west”! This is …
By John Johnson —- Nearly all U.S. colleges and universities have adopted policies that prohibit the possession of firearms on …
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