During the 2020 primary with the late Bobby Schilling, Mariannette Miller-Meeks was heartless. She took an extremist right turn away …
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During the 2020 primary with the late Bobby Schilling, Mariannette Miller-Meeks was heartless. She took an extremist right turn away …
Last week, as my granddaughters returned to school with no guarantee that their classmates will be responsibly masked, I thought …
Andrew Boettger, the chair of the Iowa Board of Parole, has set a goal of reducing the prison population by …
President Joe Biden made the right choice. After 20 years, the war in Afghanistan, the longest war in American history, …
How different nationalities respond to screw-ups. The British resign in disgrace. But Americans spin it to pad their resume’s. It’s …
When a person repeats something, she may be trying to convince herself that she believes what she’s saying. Gov. Kim …
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A periodic, lighthearted look at Iowa political news from The Gazette's opinion desk.
It must drive Gov. Kim Reynolds and the Legislature crazy that the mainstream media refuses to highlight their efforts to …
I have no original thoughts, no ideas about Afghanistan. I have only profound ambivalence about how much we accomplished with …
When I was growing up, one of the first things my family taught me was the value of a dollar …
Sen. Joni Ernst blames President Joe Biden for mishandling the evacuation in Afghanistan. That is false, since former President Donald …
Starting in November, Joe Biden’s national security team had three full months to consider President Donald Trump’s Afghanistan strategy. After …
The shocking victory by the Taliban in Afghanistan shows how horrific a war on women can be. Compared to theirs, …
Gov. Kim Reynold’s approach to the pandemic has convinced half of Iowans to get vaccinated and the rest to not. …
An Aug. 14 article in The Gazette states, “Transportation single biggest U.S. contributor to climate change.” We need transportation, but …
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