What makes an effective leader? Can leadership qualities be acquired and developed, or are they something that we’re born with? …
Staff reports, Guest Columnists May. 29, 2016 8:00 am3489d ago
What makes an effective leader? Can leadership qualities be acquired and developed, or are they something that we’re born with? …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists May. 29, 2016 4:00 am3489d ago
So it’s been almost exactly one year since I wrote about how, after seven years, more than a few people …
Staff Columnists May. 28, 2016 7:00 am3490d ago
Fittingly, on the doorstep of Memorial Day weekend, Iowa’s battle flag preservation effort won a small but important victory. Gov. …
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Guest Columnists May. 27, 2016 11:02 am3490d ago
Mike Nemeth, guest columnist Recently, Fred Hubler raised a concern that may be in many peoples’ minds about Iowa’s new …
Pam Jochum, guest columnist
Guest Columnists May. 27, 2016 10:51 am3490d ago
This week marked the seven-year anniversary of the last time the federal government granted hardworking Americans a raise. Since May …
Staff Editorials May. 26, 2016 8:56 am3492d ago
Leonard L. Kelly was born and raised in Cedar Rapids. Before enlisting in the Army to fight in World War …
Joseph Mallie Oct. 10, 2016 1:00 am3355d ago
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In the end, will the ‘wow” be more powerful than the ‘whoa?” The ‘wow” is One Park Place, a 28-story …
Curt Zingula, guest columnist Guest Columnists May. 25, 2016 11:01 am3492d ago
‘Farmers should plant fence row to fence row” was a directive made nearly half a century ago by Secretary of …
Pau Pate, guest columnist
Guest Columnists May. 25, 2016 10:59 am3492d ago
Primary Election Day is June 7, and I encourage all eligible Iowans to make their voices heard by participating. Exercising …
Staff Columnists May. 24, 2016 11:30 am3493d ago
Word is that Democratic officials are hoping to heal the rift between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders supporters. It’s a …
Staff Columnists May. 24, 2016 10:11 am3493d ago
So last week I was on the Bob Bruce Radio Experience, and Bob relayed a question for me from an …
Matt Ray, guest columnist
Guest Columnists May. 23, 2016 12:52 pm3494d ago
My party is dying a swift yet painful death. I’ve identified as a Republican since I began to think about …
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