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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
Staff Columnists Feb. 27, 2022 6:00 am1291d ago
Student scholarships proposed in Iowa would be good for teachers but bad for unions.
Staff Columnists Jan. 25, 2022 9:06 pm1323d ago
Expanding parents’ control over school tax dollars will produce education paths more tailored to students’ needs
Staff Columnists Jan. 22, 2022 1:59 pm1327d ago
Netflix’s new “Hype House” reality show follows teenagers who live in a Los Angeles mansion with underwhelming story lines about …
Staff Columnists Jan. 10, 2022 9:52 am1339d ago
Being “canceled” isn’t even possible anymore given the diversity of hosting platforms and the willingness of audiences to follow their informational and entertainment beacons
Staff Columnists Jan. 3, 2022 5:00 am1346d ago
Or is it a predatory market that targets financially vulnerable young women like myself?
Staff Columnists Dec. 12, 2021 5:00 am1368d ago
Reaction videos and parodies are the new Sunday newspaper column review section.
Staff Columnists Nov. 28, 2021 12:00 pm1382d ago
Peng Shuai has been “disappeared” by the Chinese Communist Party that holds a monopoly on government power and financial success …
Staff Columnists Nov. 6, 2021 6:00 am1404d ago
Eventually America will have a financial reckoning and we ought to take care before that happens.
Staff Columnists Nov. 3, 2021 6:55 pm1407d ago
Superman was America’s first successful comic book superhero. He debuted in Action Comics No. 1 in June 1938 and still …
Guest Columnists Oct. 24, 2021 1:00 pm1417d ago
Maintaining a part-time legislature discourages fame-seeking politicians from running for office
Opinion Sep. 11, 2021 2:00 pm1460d ago
Iowa has a long history of gambling toleration. Compared to the rest of the Midwest, Iowa has perhaps the more permissive gambling laws.
Opinion Sep. 22, 2021 3:04 pm1449d ago
People in this debate generally fall into two camps: Milk Truthers and Milk Abstractionists.
Opinion Aug. 22, 2021 5:00 am1480d ago
Space tycoons will undoubtedly benefit human flourishing in their race to space
Opinion Aug. 14, 2021 7:00 am1488d ago
Rural households could be empowered to decide what broadband provider to purchase from.
Opinion Jul. 31, 2021 6:00 am1502d ago
There hasn’t been any meaningful change in chemical makeup regulation but producers have responded to consumer concern nonetheless