Lately I’ve been hearing words like ‘overwhelming,” ‘scary” and ‘stressful.” We’re all trying to make sense of the world – …
Nancy A. Aossey, guest columnist Guest Columnists Dec. 26, 2019 5:04 pm2187d ago
Lately I’ve been hearing words like ‘overwhelming,” ‘scary” and ‘stressful.” We’re all trying to make sense of the world – …
John Hendrickson and Stephen M. King, guest columnists Guest Columnists Dec. 26, 2019 6:00 am2187d ago
Senator and Democrat presidential candidate, Elizabeth Warren declared recently that her goal if elected is ‘to be the last American …
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Iowa’s second-largest city is launching its first-ever sustainability plan, aimed at reducing climate-changing greenhouse gas emissions, improving water quality, expanding …
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The Christmas story is a story about refugees. Shortly after Jesus’s birth, as told in the book of Matthew, an …
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In 2017, when state lawmakers cut funding to Planned Parenthood clinics, Iowans were told that the money would be used …
Staff Columnists Dec. 24, 2019 2:15 pm2189d ago
On Dec. 6, I took my kids to hear the story of Svaty Mikulas in Czech Village. We are not …
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Last weekend marked the end of an Iowa tradition. It was the last Christmas on the Sullivan-Miller family farm in …
Marlene Chramosta, guest columnist Guest Columnists Dec. 23, 2019 2:33 pm2190d ago
It was the evening of Dec. 23, 1983, when Ron Novak was brutally attacked and died at his home in …
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I would have liked to have been in the room when they pulled out the Nazi. It wasn’t just a …
Imam Hassan Selim, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Dec. 23, 2019 6:00 am2190d ago
The Quran teaches Muslims to live by a set of values and principles that, if and when followed properly with …
Rabbi Esther Hugenholtz, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Dec. 22, 2019 6:00 am2191d ago
Little sparks. We Jews are commanded to seek them out everywhere. I found myself at the post office buying some …
Sue Dinsdale, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Dec. 22, 2019 5:00 am2191d ago
We all know the story of the Titanic: The grand ship struck an impossible-to-miss iceberg while cruising the ocean, which …
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