“Boring,“ I said when I first learned of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity last Monday. The ruling …
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“Boring,“ I said when I first learned of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity last Monday. The ruling …
Our history of banning abortion killed women
The Cedar Rapids Community School District needs to do some soul searching Last week, just before a law went into …
So, that debate last Thursday. Whoo! (I wrote this column right after the debate and just had to get that …
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Reciprocity is needed on the road to constitutional carry
Her record of voting to ban abortion and curtail reproductive rights will be tough to hide.
Parents, keep your adolescents away from smartphones and social media
And every year, the surplus gets bigger and bigger.
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