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When teaching a contemporary issues class, I required my students to memorize and recite the preamble to the Constitution. The …
To Sens. Ernst and Grassley and Rep. Miller-Meeks: You should be appalled at what the Trump administration is planning to …
The Iowa Legislature and the Board of Regents are acting in ways contrary to the U.S. Constitution to prohibit speech …
What methodology did the DOGE “boys” use to cut personnel out of the various Federal agencies? Please pass that “methodology” …
Trump 47 ran for president promising to close the border and stop the illegal immigration that was flooding our country. …
Problem: Stock Markets are plunging downward. Tariffs are on and off. The U.S. economy is unstable. Prices are rising. On …
Pints & Politics
A periodic, lighthearted look at Iowa political news from The Gazette's opinion desk.
Recently, the Iowa Legislature removed transgender and nonbinary Iowans from our civil rights code. During the debates of this issue, …
We recently learned key members of the Trump administration — including Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco …
The Iowa Legislature proposes to require 80% of students in the medical and dental colleges to be from Iowa. If …
We are witnessing the complete destruction of our government and constitution by Donald Trump and the Republican Party on a …
A recent article in The Gazette discussed a bill in the legislature that would stop Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) …
Why not get rid of NASA and the Space Force? We’re 30 years from Mars and have done the moon. …
Althea Cole contends that the 2020 protests following the George Floyd killing reflected built up rage from COVID. Does she …
In 1987 President Reagan famously said, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” Here in 2025 President Trump seems to be …
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