Since I completed my OB/GYN physician residency training in 2017, the kinds of concerns my patients bring to me have …
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Dr. Jennifer Schuchmann Guest Columnists Dec. 20, 2025 5:00 am47d ago
Since I completed my OB/GYN physician residency training in 2017, the kinds of concerns my patients bring to me have …
Phil Jeneary Guest Columnists Dec. 18, 2025 5:00 am49d ago
With everyday expenses climbing across Iowa, rising health care costs are placing an added burden on us, and it’s time …
Norman Sherman
Guest Columnists Dec. 17, 2025 8:47 am50d ago
Until now, no American president has called American citizens “garbage.” Donald Trump stands alone, demeaning Somalis, drooling venom and hate …
Rep. Taylor Collins
Guest Columnists Dec. 17, 2025 8:45 am50d ago
For too long, higher education in Iowa has drifted from its core mission: preparing a highly skilled workforce and anchoring …
Michael Sondergard
Guest Columnists Dec. 16, 2025 6:33 am51d ago
Flying into Copenhagen, the first thing one sees is an offshore commercial wind farm generating power for some 25,000 households. …
Jon Van Zante
Guest Columnists Dec. 16, 2025 6:31 am51d ago
As the business manager of IBEW Local 204 here in Linn County, to say our union was excited to hear …
Bret Nilles Guest Columnists Dec. 15, 2025 5:00 am52d ago
I’ve always felt that it’s our societal duty to help lift everyone up, and our elected officials should especially share …
Roxanne Erdahl Guest Columnists Dec. 14, 2025 5:00 am53d ago
In 1929, my grandparents, Dorothy and Len Myers, opened Myers Maid-Rite in downtown Iowa City on Washington Street across from …
Tim Trenkle
Guest Columnists Dec. 14, 2025 5:00 am53d ago
In the weeks before Christmas the lines changed at the homeless shelter. These are times when Dickens rises and the …
Tom Harkin
Guest Columnists Dec. 14, 2025 5:00 am53d ago
Editor’s note: These are excerpts from a speech given by former U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin at the Iowa Farmers Union …
Bruce Lear
Guest Columnists Dec. 13, 2025 5:00 am54d ago
There’s a scene in the 1974 movie “Longest Yard” I’ve always remembered. The prison warden forces Burt Reynolds, a former …
Tom Persoon
Guest Columnists Dec. 13, 2025 5:00 am54d ago
The Gazette recently published a story about the physician shortage in Iowa (“Can Iowa turn the corner on its doctor …
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