Years ago a farmer let me hunt pheasants on his land. One morning we sat on his porch overlooking a …
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Years ago a farmer let me hunt pheasants on his land. One morning we sat on his porch overlooking a …
Like many of you, I understand what it feels like to lead in a world that rarely slows down. The …
Some 40 years ago, my mother donated a 1915 landscape plan to the State Historical Society of Iowa’s library in …
July 30 marked the 60th anniversary of Medicaid, a program that since 1965, has provided critical health care coverage to …
Top Iowa Republican leaders have mobilized to defend bacon. What is the threat to bacon? It’s Proposition 12, a measure …
Maybe you’ve heard, but public broadcasting is the scourge of our nation. News reported on public airwaves is liberally biased. …
The State of Iowa is quietly moving toward a decision that would harm hundreds of dedicated public servants, endanger the …
In an effort to combat ideological bias in higher education, the Iowa Board of Regents had planned to consider a …
It’s easy to tell Iowa’s top Republicans are sweet on Donald Trump, to the point where cavities are a real possibility. We received some fresh evidence this past week.
About 30 years after Frederick I of Prussia crowned himself king, my 8th great grandfather Peter left what is now …
Last December, we wrote about the debate unfolding in courtrooms and in Congress about the needs and rights of nursing …
As we approach the 60th anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid, we should be celebrating. Instead we’re mourning — because Republicans …
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