Project 2025 isn’t dead. It’s just sleeping.
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Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Aug. 11, 2024 6:54 am491d ago
Project 2025 isn’t dead. It’s just sleeping.
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Aug. 8, 2024 6:20 am494d ago
Iowa Republicans are silent
Althea Cole Staff Columnists Aug. 5, 2024 12:14 pm497d ago
It’s not uncommon for political movements to arise from court decisions that don’t go the way activists or political leaders …
David Chung Staff Columnists Aug. 4, 2024 5:00 am498d ago
Last week, my wife and I had a great meal of mussels and fries on the terrace at a quaint …
Chris Espersen Staff Columnists Aug. 4, 2024 5:00 am498d ago
Let’s talk about a man who has conned his country. Who has little business being a world power, because he …
Staff Columnists Aug. 3, 2024 5:00 am499d ago
Republicans in the Iowa Legislature got their wish. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion offices have closed on the campuses of three …
Staff Columnists Aug. 1, 2024 6:12 am501d ago
In Iowa, the Republican drive to outlaw abortion just got real. The court fight is over. Now Iowa will have …
Staff Columnists Jul. 28, 2024 8:57 am505d ago
Maybe this summer you’ve heard about Project 2025, the “Mandate for Leadership — The Conservative Promise” It’s not much of …
Staff Columnists Jul. 28, 2024 5:00 am505d ago
Mike Barnhart has held the title of president and CEO of Horizons since 2019
Althea Cole
Staff Columnists Jul. 28, 2024 5:00 am505d ago
In an episode from the final season of one of TV’s greatest and most timeless shows, The Golden Girls, simple-minded …
Staff Columnists Jul. 25, 2024 8:23 am508d ago
These are folks who staunchly back the least-fit president in history.
Staff Columnists Jul. 23, 2024 10:21 am510d ago
If Joe Biden writes his memoirs, I doubt there will be a glowing chapter on Iowa. For the president, the state is a four-letter word.
Althea Cole
Staff Columnists Jul. 22, 2024 5:00 am511d ago
President Joe Biden announced Sunday that he is withdrawing from his 2024 re-election bid. The President’s exit from the race …
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