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A couple of years ago, I was listening to a conference keynote speech with colleagues, when a newspaper editor across …
(Today’s print column) Bring up flood protection, and you’ll get a deluge of opinion. A lot of the questions I’m …
As the fate of Polk Elementary School hangs in the balance, consider Sharon Cozzolino’s son Orion. Orion is a bright …
Today’s column is brought to you by the word “access.” It’s at the heart of three issues that caught my …
If Mayor Ron Corbett’s third Condition of the City speech were a book, I’d call it “Spend, Pray, Walk, Love.” …
There’s nothing complicated about the motivation behind legislators’ push to legalize online poker in this state: It’s the money, stupid. …
So The Des Moines Register has launched a barrage of new Iowa Poll results in our direction this morning on various issues being …
Last fall, when he was running for a City Council seat, architect/commercial real estate broker Scott Olson told our editorial board that …
It’s the question about the local-option sales tax extension I get most often – what happens if we approve LOST …
How did a debate about religious freedom and health care devolve into a bizarre discussion about why and whether (and …
(Thursday’s print column, delayed by technical difficulty) First, some credit where credit is due. Cedar Rapids Superintendent Dave Benson gave …
Occupy Iowa City, we hardly knew ye. You remained an enigma from your first, tentative steps in October through your …
And now for something completely different. My daughter Tess buried a “time capsule” in our backyard. It contained the following …
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