I dreaded the task as a high school senior of memorizing dialogue from Shakespeare’s ‘Julius Caesar.” I struggled in Mrs. …
Carroll McKibbin, guest columnist Guest Columnists Oct. 11, 2019 7:00 am2263d ago
I dreaded the task as a high school senior of memorizing dialogue from Shakespeare’s ‘Julius Caesar.” I struggled in Mrs. …
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School administrators and education advocates across Iowa are concerned that teaching faculties don’t reflect the student bodies they serve. Iowa …
John Hendrickson and Laura Ebke, guest columnists
Guest Columnists Oct. 10, 2019 3:46 pm2263d ago
Iowa’s policymakers and business leaders agree: the state’s economy needs more skilled workers. One area of regulatory reform state leaders …
Staff Editorials Oct. 9, 2019 4:21 pm2264d ago
Last week, the Trump administration announced a revised biofuels policy. The new policy is designed to appease farmers furious over …
On Oct. 3, a teacher at Waterloo West High School was suspended from his job for a comment he made …
Miriam Kashia, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Oct. 9, 2019 9:17 am2264d ago
Three thousand Iowans showed up in downtown Iowa City on Friday and cheered wildly as 16 year-old Greta Thunberg of …
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Adam Sullivan Staff Columnists Oct. 8, 2019 11:18 am2265d ago
International climate change activist Greta Thunberg drew thousands of people to a gathering in Iowa City last weekend. Evidently, people …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Oct. 8, 2019 10:42 am2265d ago
So your columnist must now, on the record, admit to being guilty of ‘aspirational recycling.” What was I thinking? I’ll …
Staff Columnists Oct. 8, 2019 10:39 am2265d ago
Nona France doesn’t want your awards. She doesn’t want commendation, she certainly doesn’t want worthless plaques and speeches from the …
Alex Taylor, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Oct. 7, 2019 6:00 am2267d ago
My friend Lewis and his spouse juggle growing careers while raising two kids and finding time to care for his …
Warren Fisk, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Oct. 7, 2019 6:00 am2267d ago
Railroads are not new to Iowa. They arrived in the mid-nineteenth century, decades before the end of the Civil War, …
Staff Columnists Oct. 6, 2019 1:00 pm2267d ago
Mention any one of President Donald Trump’s many scandals to a Republican politician, and you will find they have a …
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