Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, the pomp and irrelevance of political conventions are moving online. Democrats confirmed last week they …
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Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, the pomp and irrelevance of political conventions are moving online. Democrats confirmed last week they …
Many of us knew it was coming, but the official announcement still stings. Officials with the Big Ten Conference – …
Gov. Kim Reynolds, thank you for your letter to all Iowans (‘Gov. Reynolds: We can’t let COVID-19 deter or divide …
On Monday, Iowa was hit with what amounts to a Category 2 hurricane, which leveled homes, businesses and left hundreds …
We take the trees for granted. Sure, in the spring when they leaf out or bloom we take some notice. …
The power is out, so you can’t turn on the TV or radio, or even open the refrigerator. All your …
I wanted a vacation away from politics, but I didn’t get it. I took last week off from writing columns …
We’ve felt this awful sinking feeling in the pit of our stomachs before, when the power of nature turns the …
I am sitting in a hotel with two children and a dog. We’ve been driven from our home in Cedar …
Our mission, should we choose to accept it, and we definitely have, is to get our daughter Tess moved into …
The famed historian Carl Becker once wrote that ‘everyman is his own historian.” Becker was trying to make the point …
A couple of weeks ago I did something I’ve never done before, holding a Canon camera away from my face, …
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