Father’s Day has me thinking about dirt. And no, this isn’t another topsoil column. Promise. It’s that my dad, Howard …
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Father’s Day has me thinking about dirt. And no, this isn’t another topsoil column. Promise. It’s that my dad, Howard …
Nothing I write can return Andrea Farrington to her family and friends. That truth rests like a chunk of lead …
Iowa’s Environmental Protection Commission took a short field trip to a parking lot outside their meeting on Tuesday. There, they …
Candidates, please idle your wallets. Members of the Republican State Central Committee voted Friday morning to officially end the Iowa …
I guess it’s fitting for an organization that bites the hind-ends of so many Iowa public officials that run afoul …
Suicide rates for young black children have nearly doubled over the last two decades, even as rates for white children …
(Obligatory warning: Satire) Straw Poll, a once politically potent presidential king-maker who drew thousands of Iowa Republicans and media into …
A week ago, I wrote that avoiding a long legal battle with the state over I-380 speed cameras would be …
So 2015 will go down as a year state lawmakers raised our gas tax and seriously lowered our expectations of …
Back roads have always been my friends, offering equal helpings of calm and clarity via a car window. I turn …
It’s not quantum mechanics or neuroscience or discovering a fifth season. It’s really very simple. If you’re doing something you …
When a city or region grows, change is inevitable - and often painful. Iowa City’s growing pains have most recently …
HUCKABEE IDENTIFIES AS JERK So word comes this week of reason No. 5,117 why Mike Huckabee, former Arkansas governor and …
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