President Donald Trump continues to obstruct justice, most recently in the criminal case of Roger Stone. As a close associate …
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President Donald Trump continues to obstruct justice, most recently in the criminal case of Roger Stone. As a close associate …
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has strayed from its legislated mission of protecting our water and wildlife. I retired …
All of us could become the victim of a crime at anytime. Unfortunately, if you become the victim of a …
Farmers in Iowa faced a challenging 2019. I operate a family farm in Linn County and I know that one …
I applaud Iowans for daring to choose progressive Democrat candidates. In this country, we’ve been voting ‘cautious center” for so …
Trump did not create the economy we have now. At best, he has not screwed it up. However, our economy …
Pints & Politics
A periodic, lighthearted look at Iowa political news from The Gazette's opinion desk.
John Adams said: ‘Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself.” How does that happen? It happens …
Trump has been in office for just three years, but there has been substantial job growth in each of the …
In response to the recent letter (‘Respect the office of the president”), let me offer a different, less parochial perspective …
Tell your state representatives not to raise sales taxes. Gov. Kim Reynolds’s tax and budget plans for Iowa are just …
Almost 50 years ago, one of the most interesting elective courses I took in college was called ‘Propaganda Analysis”. At …
So-called progressives constantly rail about curbing gun violence. This is a code phrase to mask their desire to enact stringent …
The vote counting debacle after the Democratic caucus brings to mind a statement by Josef Stalin: ‘It’s not the people …
Caucuses are not extremely complicated. There are a few simple steps, some of which involve basic elementary arithmetic. Our precinct …
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