I’ve heard of kids eat free, but kids-free eating caught my eye this week. Monroeville, Penn., restaurant and driving range …
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Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Jul. 14, 2011 10:28 am5341d ago
I’ve heard of kids eat free, but kids-free eating caught my eye this week. Monroeville, Penn., restaurant and driving range …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Jul. 13, 2011 11:40 am5342d ago
So, have you been staring at the debt ceiling? I have. Really fascinating stuff. Yeah, I know. But it’s also …
Staff Columnists Jul. 13, 2011 9:55 am5342d ago
Gov. Terry Branstad went too far in demanding leaders of the State Board of Regents resign this spring. And regents …
Staff Columnists Jul. 13, 2011 12:41 am5343d ago
Gov. Terry Branstad went too far in demanding leaders of the State Board of Regents resign this spring. And regents …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Jul. 12, 2011 4:17 pm5343d ago
Yesterday, we learned that Gov.Terry Branstad asked/demanded that the president and president pro tem of the Iowa Board of Regents renounce …
Staff Columnists Jul. 12, 2011 12:05 am5344d ago
I’ve heard the question many times amid big debates over city projects, spending plans, the sales tax and flood protection. …
Staff Columnists Jul. 11, 2011 4:37 pm5344d ago
This seems like a very long day. And maybe that’s because a weather radio shattered our silent slumber at 4-something. Later, …
Staff Columnists Jul. 11, 2011 1:40 pm5344d ago
I said I’d extend kudos to the first presidential hopeful who wadded up The Family Leader’s “Marriage Vow” and tossed …
Staff Columnists Jul. 10, 2011 12:05 am5346d ago
On many summer days, my mom would go to the grocery store and I would head for the public library. …
Staff Columnists Jul. 8, 2011 4:24 pm5347d ago
I met Alison Owings years ago, when she was just starting to research a book about contemporary American Indian lives. …
Staff Columnists Jul. 8, 2011 4:14 pm5347d ago
Here we are, fat and getting fatter. According to the annual “F as in Fat” report, released last week, 28 …
Staff Columnists Jul. 7, 2011 1:37 pm5348d ago
Bob Vander Plaats tells the Christian Broadcasting Networkthat his group, the Family Leader, is rolling out a 14-point marriage pledge …
Staff Columnists Jul. 7, 2011 11:25 am5348d ago
Ed Tibbetts of the Quad-City Times reports on an apparent deal to end ethanol subsidies as we know them: Key …
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