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‘It won’t hurt to look.” That was the advice of the school registration worker as she smiled and extended a …
In many ways, the judicial retention fight that gripped Iowa during the last two election cycles feels like a storm …
President Lyndon B. Johnson announced a ‘War on Poverty” as part of his 1964 State of the Union address, promising …
Someday, if we ever have a different governor, let’s hope he or she learns from the saga of Christopher Godfrey. …
Call it the battle of the semicolon. ‘Article I, section 8 of the Iowa Constitution of 1857 mirrors the language …
In September 1895, Woodrow Wilson was more than two decades away from his move into the White House and spent …
Although I was a bit late to the book club, I did read the ’50 Shades” trilogy. How could I …
So the mayor thinks my Sunday column was sensational. ‘Todd Dorman likes to sensationalize issues from time to time,” Cedar …
A bunch of kids in our neighborhood tackled a pair of nagging societal problems on Saturday. And they didn’t even …
Several years ago, a dinner mishap altered my perspective. While visiting with my abundant Southern relatives – gatherings always noisy, …
This would seem like a good time for some diplomacy on the west bank. The City of Cedar Rapids is …
The Iowa City Community School District should be feeling revitalized this week and, I hope, ready to tackle some persistent …
Jack Hatch’s campaign finance numbers released this week were eye-popping. And not in a good way, if you’d like to …
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