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Beverly Young lives in Cedar Rapids, is 82 and wants to tell you a story. She wants to tell you …
Somebody, anybody, please remind Kim Reynolds that she is governor of Iowa, with vast powers and authority, with a bully …
It’s not exactly fresh political commentary, so you’ve probably heard this one before: Libertarians are just Republicans who smoke pot. …
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It has come to my understanding that you do not like it when I talk about my uterus. I also …
The initial deception almost always gets more attention than the subsequent correction. As the often-misattributed quip puts it, ‘A lie …
To hear the mainstream media tell it, this past weekend’s Nevada caucuses were a smashing success. The fine political operatives …
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I write a lot about food, and about topics like people who grow local food and those who cook it. …
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