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Normally, I scoff at piles of publications and endless websites ranking cities and states as the best this or the …
The Violence Against Women Act has only a single week of life support left. If Congress doesn’t act, essential protections …
Iowa City Council members have spent many hours over the better part of a year discussing a single housing project. …
Cedar Rapids leaders formally landed federal funding Tuesday for the city’s celebrated flood control system. And boy do I mean …
Back in 1999, when I still was a relatively new Iowan, then-Gov. Tom Vilsack asked state residents to imagine what …
Recent news that Iowa Wesleyan University may have to close its doors presses an important question – do Iowa’s college …
Help wanted: Seeking conservative leader with governing experience. Not an entry-level position. $400,000 base salary; housing provided in bustling Washington, …
Thanks to pre-election political posturing by President Donald Trump, we must add the military men and women stationed at the …
I am old enough to remember when there was a Democrat in the White House, and he didn’t want to …
So the holiday gauntlet is upon us. And, soon, you’re going to have a house full of people, or you’ll …
New draft federal rules on how educational institutions are to investigate allegations of sexual assault were announced Friday, and it …
Opioid abuse in Iowa seems to be falling. That’s the good news. On the more troubling side of things is …
You, faithful reader, have been stuck with me for a whole year now. I started as a full-time columnist and …
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