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Patricia Patnode
Patricia Patnode is a Waterloo native and works in Arlington, Va. She can be found on Twitter @IdealPatricia.
Latest Articles by Patricia Patnode
Guest Columnists Feb. 28, 2025 12:38 pm194d ago
Iowa’s dramatic executive agency overhaul led by Gov. Kim Reynolds has caught the eye of federal lawmakers. So much so …
Guest Columnists Jan. 31, 2025 6:33 am222d ago
An education bill ( HSB 30 ), currently sitting in a Iowa House committee, would add an additional graduation requirement …
Guest Columnists Jan. 8, 2025 9:09 am245d ago
The nominations of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., noted corn syrup critic, as the Secretary of Health and Human Services and …
Guest Columnists Jan. 5, 2025 5:00 am248d ago
Debanking refers to the practice of financial institutions refusing services for political reasons to individuals, companies, or organizations.
Guest Columnists May. 23, 2024 5:00 am475d ago
This is possibly the worst time for a boy’s only organization to dissolve
Guest Columnists Feb. 9, 2024 11:30 am579d ago
Yet another bill on public school education is up for consideration by the Iowa Legislature. Lawmakers are attempting to set …
Letters to the Editor Nov. 12, 2023 6:00 am668d ago
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack’s Oct. 31 Gazette op-ed “USDA is standing up for American producers” responded to my Oct. 22 …
Guest Columnists Oct. 22, 2023 5:00 am689d ago
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is spending billions of dollars each year for programs that Congress never specifically authorized. …
Guest Columnists Apr. 8, 2023 6:00 am886d ago
The proposed carbon-capture pipelines may finally have awakened the state to the straw-house industry that is ethanol. Rep. Ashley Hinson …
Guest Columnists Jul. 23, 2022 7:00 am1145d ago
Like many other Gen Zers born in the late 1990’s, I’ve lived so long in social media ubiquity that it’s …
Guest Columnists May. 27, 2022 6:15 am1202d ago
A bill (SF 2309) that stalled in the Iowa House could have made it legal for Iowans to buy raw …
Staff Columnists Apr. 30, 2022 7:45 am1229d ago
If the Freedom School were a full time private school, students could use state-funded scholarships to attend.
Staff Columnists Apr. 10, 2022 11:00 am1249d ago
Iowa has seven Amazon distribution centers and the company is a growing force in our state.
Staff Columnists Mar. 27, 2022 9:30 am1263d ago
Batman is a troubled guy, and every director and author adapts the Dark Knight’s tragic rich boy, orphan story in a new way.
Staff Columnists Mar. 11, 2022 11:34 am1279d ago
We have indoctrination factories with tax exempt status burdening students with debt.