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It was what we feared most in the days, weeks and – ultimately – months after two girls went missing …
Staff Columnists Dec. 8, 2012 9:05 am4828d ago
With all this talk of voter fraud and Election Day access, and who is trampling rights and who is cheating …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Dec. 6, 2012 8:17 am4830d ago
If watching delay, inconsistency and contradiction were forms of exercise, the folks in the Time Check neighborhood wouldn’t need a …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Dec. 4, 2012 9:53 am4832d ago
I had been on the job barely a month when I took a bumpy ride to the top of Mount …
Staff Columnists Dec. 3, 2012 9:26 am4833d 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 am4833d ago
It’s a pretty sneaky idea, offering free hairstyles and makeup applications to get teen girls to think about how they …
Staff Columnists Dec. 3, 2012 8:23 am4833d ago
Sunday’s column delayed by technical difficulty It’s tough to know who to believe. On one hand, you’ve got 138 science …
Staff Columnists Oct. 30, 2012 12:20 am4867d 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 pm4867d 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 pm4869d 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 am4869d 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 am4870d 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 am4872d ago
Members of the Cedar Rapids City Council gushed over The Fountains. But there was some disagreement on whether the city …
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