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Staff Columnists Dec. 3, 2012 9:26 am4769d ago
Add another entry to Iowa’s gender equality hall of shame: Our courts. On average, state Supreme Courts are 31 percent …
Staff Columnists Dec. 3, 2012 9:19 am4769d ago
It’s a pretty sneaky idea, offering free hairstyles and makeup applications to get teen girls to think about how they …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Dec. 3, 2012 8:23 am4769d ago
Sunday’s column delayed by technical difficulty It’s tough to know who to believe. On one hand, you’ve got 138 science …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Oct. 30, 2012 12:20 am4803d ago
So I was on Bob Bruce’s Radio Experience the other day. He asked me what bothers me most about the …
Staff Columnists Oct. 29, 2012 5:00 pm4804d ago
I’ve been getting a lot of feedback about Saturday’s column, which discussed a new report outlining a dramatic increase in …
Staff Columnists Oct. 28, 2012 1:04 pm4805d ago
At the end of a rainy Thursday, early voters trickled in to Iowa City’s Broadway Neighborhood Center. They walked past …
Staff Columnists Oct. 28, 2012 5:05 am4805d ago
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney had a terrific campaign event in Cedar Rapids this past week, out at the Eastern …
Staff Columnists Oct. 27, 2012 10:29 am4806d ago
The Task Force on Teacher Leadership and Compensation has come up with a big list of recommendations about how to …
Staff Columnists Oct. 25, 2012 9:12 am4808d ago
Members of the Cedar Rapids City Council gushed over The Fountains. But there was some disagreement on whether the city …
Staff Columnists Oct. 24, 2012 11:22 am4809d ago
Like a lot of newspapers, The Des Moines Register is preparing to endorse a presidential candidate this weekend. But the …
Staff Columnists Oct. 23, 2012 10:13 am4810d ago
Radio Iowa picked up on an interesting state audit report detailing how much Iowa spends per-day and per-year on housing …
Staff Columnists Oct. 21, 2012 10:31 am4812d ago
The craziest thing happened when I went up to Minnesota to visit my mom last week. She turned on …
Staff Columnists Oct. 21, 2012 5:05 am4812d ago
There are some places you don’t want to stand. Don’t stand between kids and their Santa haul on Christmas morning, …
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