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My daughter has always been magic. A preschool teacher once sent home a note saying she had spent most of …
Gov. Kim Reynolds talks often of the need to give Iowans who made serious mistakes a second chance. Apparently, that …
The first time I met the head of the Republican Party of Iowa was at a rally against impeachment. The …
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Leftists running for president have never seen a problem they don’t think the federal government can fix. The latest crisis …
Gov. Kim Reynolds is working on it. But who is she listening to? The ‘it” in this case is potential …
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Iowa Democrats adopted the country’s most radical stance on drug reform in the state party’s 2016 platform – ‘Legalize all …
The most interesting candidate from the 2016 presidential race has a new political home, and he’s making plans to visit …
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It’s a story I can only tell in pieces – a woman I love leaving her home and marriage in …
Last year, I watched as 20 second-graders reenacted a slave auction for a school’s annual Thanksgiving Day play. The play …
Among all the tools governments have to regulate personal behavior, speed limits must be one of the most misunderstood. I …
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