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Warning, my annual Fourth of July satire: So Paul Revere gallops up to a fellow colonist, who is wearing ear …
So I’ve been revisiting the Battle of Gettysburg as the Fourth of July approached. This week marks the 150th anniversary. …
Gov. Terry Branstad’s SUV was apparently westbound and down, loaded up and truckin.’ The Gazette’s Rod Boshart provides a recap: …
So I was out on my annual, futile search for a truly rockin’ New Fiscal Year’s Eve party when I …
Most University of Iowa students don’t even remember the days when underage patrons weren’t shooed out of the city’s bars …
School may be out for the kiddos, but Iowa educators were studying hard this past week. The lesson? Competency-based education. …
So Iowa journos got their first chance this a.m. to ask our governor for his reaction to last week’s U.S. …
Twenty years ago this month, my journalism career began. I don’t recall the ad for my first job. It must …
For every marriage in Iowa to be fully defended by the Constitution, the Defense of Marriage Act had to go. …
We hadn’t talked about it. And I could tell from her reaction that she hadn’t thought about it. My daughter, …
Warning: Satire, parody and such. Thanks to all of you for coming to this meeting. I know, as Gov. Terry …
Some questions are tough to answer. Why are we here? What does it all mean? How did a provision get …
So, maybe you remember that long, costly, ugly court battle between Linn County Auditor Joel Miller and the Board of …
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