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If you were hoping to get your hands on the world’s strongest beer, sold in bottles made from the carcasses of a dead varmints, …
Checked out the Local Option Sales Tax Advisory Committee meeting last night. It had a distinctive retro feel. Roughly a …
By Susan Estrich The paradox is just how “effective” the president has been, at least if you define “effective” as …
The Gazette Editorial Board It’s another wet year in Iowa. Frequent flash flooding and persistently high levels in streams stir …
By Dana Milbank The peaceful town of Mason City, Iowa, hasn’t been in the headlines much since it served as …
The Gazette Editorial Board A year after the murder of beloved Aplington-Parkersburg football coach and community leader Ed Thomas, 1st …
(FYI – This is my print column. Sorry to blog readers if there’s sa little retread, but there’s new stuff as …
U.S. Sec. of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, our former guv, has just been tapped to become the new U.S. Sec. of Misguided Knee-jerk Firings …
By The Gazette Editorial Board The Downtown Cedar Rapids Farmers Market on Saturdays continues to draw bigger crowds: 15,000 on …
By Kathleen Parker When H.L. Mencken said that Puritanism was “the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy,” he …
Well, that’s embarrassing. When seven religious leaders from Yemen, guests of the U.S. Department of State International Visitor Leadership Program, …
Spent a little time this morning clicking through Terry Branstad and Chet Culver’s May 20-July 19 campaign cash filings. You …
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