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Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Dec. 5, 2019 7:39 am2138d ago
Gov. Kim Reynolds is working on it. But who is she listening to? The ‘it” in this case is potential …
Lyz Lenz Staff Columnists Dec. 5, 2019 8:57 am2138d ago
On a snowy night in Sioux City, 172 people stamped into West Middle School to hear South Bend, Ind., Mayor …
Adam Sullivan Staff Columnists Dec. 3, 2019 6:00 am2141d ago
Iowa Democrats adopted the country’s most radical stance on drug reform in the state party’s 2016 platform – ‘Legalize all …
Adam Sullivan Staff Columnists Dec. 1, 2019 6:00 am2143d ago
The most interesting candidate from the 2016 presidential race has a new political home, and he’s making plans to visit …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Nov. 28, 2019 6:00 am2146d ago
Thanksgiving is here. Maybe you’re reading this in dawn’s early light. Perhaps your sleep was interrupted by second thoughts about …
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It’s a story I can only tell in pieces – a woman I love leaving her home and marriage in …
Staff Columnists Nov. 27, 2019 9:50 am2146d ago
Last year, I watched as 20 second-graders reenacted a slave auction for a school’s annual Thanksgiving Day play. The play …
Staff Columnists Nov. 26, 2019 1:04 pm2147d ago
Among all the tools governments have to regulate personal behavior, speed limits must be one of the most misunderstood. I …
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America had a collective laugh last week about a decidedly unfunny subject. South Dakota’s newly launched anti-drug marketing campaign, ‘Meth. …
Staff Columnists Nov. 27, 2019 10:04 am2146d ago
We’re hearing a lot of scary cries of ‘socialism!” in 2019 from the politicians on the right as they assail …
Staff Columnists Nov. 21, 2019 10:40 am2152d ago
Elizabeth Warren used to be a Republican. She grew up in Oklahoma and like any woman in America she’s had …
Staff Columnists Nov. 20, 2019 1:22 pm2153d ago
When Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Cady strode into the Iowa House chamber in January 2011, it was no …
Staff Columnists Nov. 20, 2019 5:00 am2154d ago
As we all lament the perpetual growth of the gaggle of Democrats running for president, take a moment to reflect …
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