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Since grade school, I’ve kept a notebook to document the pearls of humor and wisdom dispensed by strangers. The first …
SHILL WATERS RUN DEEP So a couple of weeks ago, I noted Mayor Ron Corbett’s plan for a ‘pivot.” He …
Linn County Auditor Joel Miller carried a big bottle of blue Gatorade to the lectern Monday as he faced question …
The shuttered Linn County facility that formerly housed Abbe Center for Community Mental Health has remained useful as a training …
(Warning: Satire) Ring … Ring … Ring Hello? ‘Jeb, little bro! It’s W. 43 calling …” Oh, hey, George. Good …
There are certain things women seem to just know. Walk with a buddy. Park under a streetlight. Pretend it’s a …
Let’s have voters settle this thing. The ‘thing” to which I refer is the endless feud between the Linn County …
So Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett has announced plans to ‘pivot.” He told reporters in Des Moines Friday, after appearing …
This column would have been less difficult to write earlier in the week, before Baltimore was engulfed in flames. But …
When you’re running for president, or testing the waters, the last thing you want to come off as is some …
IF YOU CAN’T BEAT ‘EM, STRIP ‘EM The legal arguments for allowing states to ban same-sex marriage are weaker than …
More than 10 million Iowa birds, mostly commercial layer hens, have been or soon will be culled in an effort …
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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