(Warning: Satire) Ring … Ring … Ring Hello? ‘Jeb, little bro! It’s W. 43 calling …” Oh, hey, George. Good …
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(Warning: Satire) Ring … Ring … Ring Hello? ‘Jeb, little bro! It’s W. 43 calling …” Oh, hey, George. Good …
Staff Columnists May. 9, 2015 5:00 am3881d ago
There are certain things women seem to just know. Walk with a buddy. Park under a streetlight. Pretend it’s a …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists May. 7, 2015 9:56 am3883d ago
Let’s have voters settle this thing. The ‘thing” to which I refer is the endless feud between the Linn County …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists May. 5, 2015 12:09 pm3885d ago
So Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett has announced plans to ‘pivot.” He told reporters in Des Moines Friday, after appearing …
Staff Columnists May. 3, 2015 8:00 am3887d ago
This column would have been less difficult to write earlier in the week, before Baltimore was engulfed in flames. But …
Staff Columnists May. 3, 2015 3:00 am3887d ago
When you’re running for president, or testing the waters, the last thing you want to come off as is some …
Staff Columnists May. 2, 2015 3:00 am3888d ago
IF YOU CAN’T BEAT ‘EM, STRIP ‘EM The legal arguments for allowing states to ban same-sex marriage are weaker than …
Staff Columnists May. 1, 2015 9:15 am3889d ago
More than 10 million Iowa birds, mostly commercial layer hens, have been or soon will be culled in an effort …
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Staff Columnists Apr. 30, 2015 3:00 am3890d ago
Westdale’s ambitious transformation from dead mall to multiuse development may be short of cash, but it had no shortage of …
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Staff Columnists Apr. 28, 2015 3:00 am3892d ago
Some Republicans seeking to lead the free world have been asked in recent days whether they would attend a same-sex …
Staff Columnists Apr. 30, 2015 4:06 pm3890d ago
Adam Robinson knows, one way or another, the tiny farmhouse and smokehouse that have stood for more than 100 years …
Staff Columnists Apr. 27, 2015 11:53 am3893d ago
So your Iowa Environmental Protection Commission has received an earful about its plans to wash away a state rule requiring …
Staff Columnists Apr. 23, 2015 9:39 am3897d ago
So the nannies are making a Statehouse comeback. You knew they would. Back in February, I wrote how remarkable it …
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