As a retired engineer who spent decades solving complex problems using data and scientific principles, I find it deeply troubling …
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As a retired engineer who spent decades solving complex problems using data and scientific principles, I find it deeply troubling …
Jim Walter’s June 29 letter seemingly attributes Costco’s corporate success to their use of DEI, (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion), as …
Let’s be blunt: Iowa’s nitrate crisis is a public health emergency driven by agricultural greed and political cowardice. No amount …
As temperatures rise and summer routines kick in, the Marion Post Office remains a constant in our community. No matter …
July 1 marked the death of USAID. Gone is the United States’s use of soft power to help the people …
Once again, Congress is cowering to Trump’s threat of running candidates against sitting Congress people who oppose his authoritarian policies. …
Last week, I overheard a person say that cities were responsible for more nitrogen runoff than agriculture. Then, on Sunday …
I got involved with Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement (Iowa CCI) as part of the American Agriculture Movement during the …
Trump’s and the Republicans’ “Big Beautiful Bill” is actually a Big Ugly Billionaire Tax Cut Bill. To give Billionaires their $1.1 …
My initial experience with Costco was getting a pair of hearing aids, since I’d read positive reports on their audiology …
As we celebrate the Fourth of July with friends, festivities and flags, basking in life, liberty, and the pursuit of …
I spent June 14 waving the flag and holding a picture of my father, who served in WWII. I was …
In response to the June 20 letter from a “Proud Army Veteran” concerning the alleged “cluelessness” on the part of …
I am a proud American, and there was a time when I felt an even deeper pride in our country. …
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