It’s not hard to understand how Gov. Kim Reynolds has become the most disliked governor in the nation once you …
Guest columns are written generally by people in the community, region or state. Most guest columnists have expertise in the subjects and issues they are addressing, and the opinions expressed can be personal or representative of a group. Some columns are requested by Gazette opinion staff, but many are unsolicited. We evaluate the columns based on local relevance, quality and accuracy. Read more about our editorial process here.
Savannah Hinze Guest Columnists Dec. 10, 2023 5:00 am735d ago
It’s not hard to understand how Gov. Kim Reynolds has become the most disliked governor in the nation once you …
Kurt Ullrich Guest Columnists Dec. 10, 2023 5:00 am735d ago
Come Christmas Eve it will be three years since my wife passed away. I knew her time on earth was …
Samantha Szymanowski
Guest Columnists Dec. 8, 2023 8:53 am737d ago
According to the U.S. News and World Report, Iowa ranks lower than over half of the states in water quality. …
Barbara Eckstein
Guest Columnists Dec. 6, 2023 3:54 pm739d ago
On Dec. 10, 75 years ago, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The …
Nicholas Johnson
Guest Columnists Dec. 5, 2023 8:56 am740d ago
‘Curiosity killed the cat?” Not our cats. They slowly walk around the water dispenser, looking, sniffing, contemplating before risking a …
Claudia Schabel
Guest Columnists Dec. 4, 2023 5:00 am741d ago
The recent U.S. Supreme Court decision reversing years of precedence on affirmative action has thrown some of our clients a …
Norman Sherman Guest Columnists Dec. 4, 2023 5:00 am741d ago
When I was young, and we were poor, my mother told me that money isn’t everything. I believed her. Her …
Gwendolen Reyes-Illg Guest Columnists Dec. 4, 2023 11:43 am741d ago
On the Monday before Thanksgiving, two lucky Minnesota turkeys were “pardoned” by President Joe Biden. The annual tradition, full of …
Guest Columnists Dec. 3, 2023 5:00 am742d ago
Life on a reference desk taught me how asking questions and listening to understand rather than respond are components of …
Art Cullen
Guest Columnists Dec. 3, 2023 5:00 am742d ago
It looks like ‘the man in the golden bouffant’ has a lock on Iowa’s presidential caucuses
Bruce Lear
Guest Columnists Dec. 2, 2023 5:00 am743d ago
Dad loved to tell the story of the guy so lazy that when he had a flat tire, he sold …
Patrick Muller
Guest Columnists Nov. 29, 2023 8:41 am746d ago
There are always words, once apt and evocative, that get overused. They become lazy and ineffective shorthand for what someone …
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