An irregular Friday feature on the week that was. WAR! Fresh from his Condition of the State showstopper on Tuesday, …
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An irregular Friday feature on the week that was. WAR! Fresh from his Condition of the State showstopper on Tuesday, …
As a famous suburban Chicago high school student mused, ‘Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around …
So our governor delivers his annual Condition of the State speech this morning. And from what I’ve read, we’re to …
While some would argue most political campaigns ended last November, I’m not among them. National campaigns officially ended this week …
Clean water is sitting on the back burner as your Iowa Legislature returns to its Golden Dome of Wisdom this …
There’s a mantra quickly repeating in my head: ‘Please have a badge. Please have a badge. Please have a badge.’ …
On Tuesday, I poked fun of my adult tendency to cast doom, gloom and dire warnings of danger on stuff …
A spirited debate sparked by the season’s first winter storm took place Monday inside the head of a third-rate local …
The latest population numbers are out and, once again, it isn’t good news for Iowa. Overall the Hawkeye State is …
From ‘cannibalization” to ‘ hog castration,” the year in words just past was enough to make many of us ‘squeal.” …
There may be only one thing, packaged in a million variations, that can get our society back on track. We’ve …
Last year, as the New Year dawned, and while channeling my inner sports writer, I wrote about the ‘matchups” that …
With 2015 rapidly approaching, I dug into the archives to see how Cedar Rapids welcomed 1915 a century ago. Turns …
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