Nothing heightens romance in a marriage like a little swindle. The Iowa Capital Dispatch reported this week that the faith-based …
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Nothing heightens romance in a marriage like a little swindle. The Iowa Capital Dispatch reported this week that the faith-based …
When she was 16, my sister woke up from a nightmare. She dreamed she was being attacked by someone she …
While we were keenly watching the slow-motion implosion of Iowa’s presidential caucuses, the Iowa Legislature has been on the job. …
In the absolute pandemonium over the delayed Democratic caucus results, the calls to end Iowa’s quadrennial political purgatory have grown …
On a visit to Iowa last week, President Donald Trump offered a rare bit of truth about illegal immigration. ‘We’re …
Endings in politics rarely are happy endings. Long-serving politicians overstay their welcome and voters kick them to the curb. Majorities …
The Iowa caucuses are not quite over. Now that Iowa Republicans and Democrats have sounded off, another presidential nomination contest …
In the end, we did this to ourselves. We played ourselves. The chaos and pandemonium out of the caucuses are …
In Marion’s precinct 5, caucus night got messy. ‘Well, I was rooting for you, Iowa caucuses,” said my, daughter, Tess, …
Leading up to the 2020 Iowa caucuses, I repeatedly praised Iowa GOP officials for their decision to host preference polls …
So they’re leaving us, Iowans, the candidates, their staffers and, saddest of all, the traveling media. Soon jets filled with …
On Jan. 24, 2020, at a Bernie Sanders rally in Iowa City, America feels like it’s rushing toward something no …
As the presidential nominating season finally begins, it’s a good time to remember the failed candidates who ditched Iowa before …
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