Gov. Kim Reynolds wants the 2022 election to be about “school choice,” drag shows and “pornographic” books in public schools. …
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Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Jul. 17, 2022 6:45 am196d ago
Gov. Kim Reynolds wants the 2022 election to be about “school choice,” drag shows and “pornographic” books in public schools. …
Althea Cole Staff Columnists Jul. 17, 2022 6:00 am195d ago
Rarely are the stories told of people with chronic conditions who responsibly use opioids.
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Jul. 14, 2022 7:00 am198d ago
It’s tough, because Franken has no legislative record to easily dissect, twist and target.
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Jul. 12, 2022 7:00 am200d ago
Hinson wants credit for not being the most extreme abortion extremist.
Althea Cole Staff Columnists Jul. 11, 2022 5:00 am201d ago
I wish I could insist that both sides of the ideological spectrum are equally inflamed. I can’t.
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Staff Columnists Jul. 10, 2022 7:00 am203d ago
A recent column I wrote about newspapers across the country scaling back their opinion pages drew quite a bit of …
Staff Columnists Jul. 7, 2022 7:00 am205d ago
Our hogs we prize and our rights we will not maintain.
Staff Columnists Aug. 15, 2022 4:37 pm165d ago
In one of my later pieces for the Iowa City Press-Citizen, I briefly mentioned an artifact in my possession, a …
Staff Columnists Jul. 3, 2022 11:45 am210d ago
For many, it feels as though the fight is hopeless.
Althea Cole
Staff Columnists Jul. 3, 2022 9:57 am208d ago
What a terrible time it is for both sides of the argument to remain so entrenched.
Staff Columnists Jul. 3, 2022 7:00 am210d ago
DeJear has a broader view of freedom than Gov. Kim Reynolds
Staff Columnists Jun. 30, 2022 7:00 am212d ago
It doesn’t take a numbers-cruncher from MIT to see what’s going on.
Staff Columnists Jun. 28, 2022 7:00 am214d ago
Unless you’re a gun owner, your rights and liberties are sitting on rapidly shifting sand.