Every couple of days I encounter a visual reminder of my age, at first startling and disconcerting, now simply annoying. …
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Kurt Ullrich Guest Columnists Nov. 26, 2023 8:10 am804d ago
Every couple of days I encounter a visual reminder of my age, at first startling and disconcerting, now simply annoying. …
Guest Columnists Nov. 26, 2023 5:00 am804d ago
Local organizations are celebrating the holidays with numerous events and opportunities to give
Iowa physicians
Guest Columnists Nov. 26, 2023 5:00 am804d ago
As physicians caring for patients in Iowa, we are gravely concerned about the Iowa Board of Medicine proposed rule 653-13.17 …
Mike Owen
Guest Columnists Nov. 26, 2023 5:00 am804d ago
Iowans are going to hate it. They are going to hate the crowded classrooms, loss of exceptional teachers, and ballooning …
Bruce Lear
Guest Columnists Nov. 25, 2023 5:00 am805d ago
When both the right and left criticize parts of any agreement, negotiators know they’ve found the sweet spot. “To Kill …
William Lambers
Guest Columnists Nov. 23, 2023 5:00 am807d ago
We have a Thanksgiving holiday because Sarah Josepha Hale of New Hampshire was a great and persistent writer. We should …
David Mansheim Guest Columnists Nov. 23, 2023 4:30 am807d ago
Do you know someone who seems perfectly reasonable and nice but has adopted irrational beliefs that you believe are ludicrous …
Nicholas Johnson Guest Columnists Nov. 22, 2023 8:37 am808d ago
There are ways to extract ourselves from the Chaos Caucus and its wannabe authoritarian presidential candidate. But extractions are never …
David V. Wendell
Guest Columnists Nov. 22, 2023 8:34 am808d ago
It is generally well known that John F. Kennedy visited Iowa multiple times in preparation for his run for the …
Norman Sherman
Guest Columnists Nov. 20, 2023 5:00 am810d ago
It probably won’t surprise you that I’m not likely to vote for either of our senators. What may surprise you, …
Andrew M. Dunn
Guest Columnists Nov. 19, 2023 5:00 am811d ago
Confusion has long been a staple of Iowa City’s local elections. The Iowa City Council has two types of councilors, …
Chris Jones
Guest Columnists Nov. 19, 2023 5:00 am811d ago
The politics of dirty water in Iowa
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