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Our cooler-than-usual weather prompted a reader to write and ask me: “How about a follow-up onion on this story! CR …
From August 2, 2009 My wife and I have a big, fat Santa debate dancing in our heads. Why now, …
From July 25, 2010 One morning not long ago, I was strolling down the walk next to my house. It …
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I’m off this week, so I’m posting a few reruns. From April 15, 2012. A phone rings in the governor’s …
Note: Information on running for school board seats can be found here. After the Polk Elementary closure saga last year, …
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It’s the illogical question that won’t go away. Like wondering if you’ve left the iron on back at home. More than …
I wrote yesterday about Gov. Terry Branstad’s call for corporate income taxes, and how I’d be OK with a deal …
It just wouldn’t be an official summer in Iowa without a few scourges. Onslaughts, banes, outbreaks, etc. Without them, we …
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