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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 …
America had a collective laugh last week about a decidedly unfunny subject. South Dakota’s newly launched anti-drug marketing campaign, ‘Meth. …
We’re hearing a lot of scary cries of ‘socialism!” in 2019 from the politicians on the right as they assail …
Elizabeth Warren used to be a Republican. She grew up in Oklahoma and like any woman in America she’s had …
When Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Cady strode into the Iowa House chamber in January 2011, it was no …
As we all lament the perpetual growth of the gaggle of Democrats running for president, take a moment to reflect …
A fledgling American political movement recently achieved its first major victory on the national stage. This month, President Donald Trump …
This past week, former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick and professional rich man Michael Bloomberg announced their 2020 presidential campaigns. Which …
So there’s a multimillion dollar national conservative Super PAC headquartered in Marion. It’s in an ordinary house on the north …
Law enforcement agencies in Iowa and across the nation are undergoing one of the fastest technological transitions in modern history. …
Bill Montgomery sat in the hall of the Iowa Memorial Student Union and whispered to me that socialism is infecting …
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