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A 140-mile shift is complete, but the 100th Meridian – an invisible boundary between the humid eastern U.S. and dry …
The White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner needs to go the way of the typewriter. And it’s not because of a …
An Iowa City study, completed in 2014 and showing the monetary costs of chronic homelessness, is about to get a …
From the American Civil Liberties Union to the anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist, there’s a growing bipartisan consensus that the war …
It’s truly too bad snake oil isn’t a source of energy, especially considering the sheer volume of flammable flimflam oozing …
Despite the hype of the past two years, about two-thirds of eligible voters will likely sit out the midterm election …
Make Americans Dragons Again. Musician Kanye West dominated the political news cycle last week with a series of Twitter messages …
Popular culture superstar Kanye West drew international attention this month with a series of Twitter posts about politics and culture, …
Did you hear the one about the federal Cabinet secretary who spent $31,000 on a dinette set and then said …
The fearful refrain of anti-immigration warriors has been the same for years – ‘They’re coming to take our jobs.” Here …
I suppose it should not come as a surprise that men capable of habitually sexually harassing women also display staggering …
In a way, it makes perfect sense our Legislature’s 2018 overtime session has run smack into prom season. In both …
Most Iowans would agree: This winter was harder than most. Or at least longer. When we were having ice storms …
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