Today is the 150th anniversary of Lincoln’s great speech delivered on the Gettysburg battlefield. The anniversary is getting lots of …
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Today is the 150th anniversary of Lincoln’s great speech delivered on the Gettysburg battlefield. The anniversary is getting lots of …
As a resident of the beautiful north side of Marion, I can’t understand why anyone wouldn’t want to live there …
A bill probably will be filed in the Iowa Legislature next year seeking to making it legal for people with …
Collaborating with sources might not sound like such a big deal. After all, people do it all the time. Imagine …
Over at the Iowa Policy Project, Colin Gordon put together a nifty primer that explains how to count jobs. It’s pretty simple …
We scorched Big Tobacco. Now, the target is Big Vapor. Last week, Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller urged the Legislature …
SiriusXM satellite radio has already devoted a channel to all Christmas music. I listened to it for a while driving …
Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett was back on WMT’s Mayor on Monday radio show, fresh off his re-election victory. Also …
Monday’s burst of snow delighted some and demoralized others. Like it or not, the big W is coming. All you …
Many of us will be thinking about the bravery and sacrifice of our veterans on this Veterans Day. But I …
Note: This post was first published in November, 2011. I hope all of you have taken a few moments today …
I once had an editor who told me a story’s first sentence should be like a punch in the …
Our U.S. Senate interrupted its regularly scheduled dysfunctional to make some history this past week. On Thursday, the Senate voted …
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