Jenny Bioche’s latest screed, in which she laments it is easier to get a divorce than break a cellphone contract, …
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Jenny Bioche’s latest screed, in which she laments it is easier to get a divorce than break a cellphone contract, …
Because of the National Security Agency scandal, many people now trust our government less than before. However, there are reasons …
Recent heavy rains remind us how vulnerable homes, businesses and farms are to the weather. Despite millions of dollars spent …
The IRS allows donations to 501(c)(3), some 501(c)(4) and all 501(c)(5) organizations to be deducted from the taxable income of …
Why Republicans are phony on the death penalty: The last time someone was executed in Iowa was when Democrat Harold …
“With the passing of the “historic educational reform bill,” Republicans have proved once again that they “are only for the …
On the news Sunday night, when they covered the 12-year-old-girl singing the national anthem, they were showing the Miami Heat …
The Cedar Rapids City Council is to be congratulated for unanimously passing (first reading) on May 28 an ordinance that …
After 61 percent of referendum voters approved the first step toward a Cedar Rapids casino on March 5, Scott Stines, …
I don’t suppose that pledging to do the majority of my family’s grocery shopping at New Pioneer Food Co-op, should …
News of Jim Zabel’s passing kind of hit me the night he died – just the history of what he’s …
Having read John Hanson’s column (“Lake’s story about more than dam,” Saturday) about our film, “We will be back, the …
On the last day of the state legislative session, House File 640 passed. This important law benefits every Iowan’s pocketbook, …
America’s become a society addicted not only to conveniences designed more to satisfy desires than enhance quality of life, but …
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