PHILADELPHIA – Democracy can’t help but be noisy and messy. Monday night it took a nose-dive into ugly. There has …
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PHILADELPHIA – Democracy can’t help but be noisy and messy. Monday night it took a nose-dive into ugly. There has …
PHILADELPHIA – There’s a good chance you’ve already heard about the dust-up surrounding the 2016 Democratic National Convention. Members of …
Being an observer to Hillary Clinton’s expected presidential nomination means a lot to me. Here’s why. At one of our …
CLEVELAND — So I’ve struggled to find a truly original way to open this column summing up my time at …
Davenport business woman Michelle Magyar grew up in a row house on Philadelphia’s south side. Most days that piece of …
Gillian Frances Popenuck didn’t know she was being prophetic when she told Bernie Sanders, ‘See you in Philly.” The two …
CLEVELAND – Donald Trump ripped up the rules, defied the punditry and grabbed the Republican nomination. Now, he and his …
CLEVELAND – Talk to Iowa’s Republican convention delegation about their presidential nominee, and you might get a smattering of applause. …
CLEVELAND – It all began this week for Iowa’s delegation to the Republican National Convention at a joint called The …
Family photos tell the story of just how many of Pasquale Luz’s 24 years have been spent in politics as …
Jason Schultz said he’s driving to Cleveland, but not on the back of the ‘old tractor” where I reached the …
Perhaps Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter said it best: ‘Lately it occurs to me what a long, strange trip it’s …
So what’s it going to be, Linn County? Five or three? I’m talking about our Linn County Board of Supervisors, …
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