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A University of Iowa professor took the bait this week when she fired off a salty “&*#! you” to college …
The following is an unpaid commercial advertisement. Now, I’m no tenured professor of exercise studies or pilates physics or anything, but …
A strange confluence of news streams caught my eye this week. First was word that Iowa City School officials may …
I’ve been trying to figure out what, if anything, I should write about the debate in Iowa City over what …
This just popped into my inbox, or as I like to call it, my email pavilion: Physicians’ Clinic of Iowa …
State lawmakers often take a beating in this space. So I feel a need to offer praise when I think …
Last week, when I was looking into dredging for a columnon Cedar River flood protection, I asked Ron Fournier, communications chief for …
We in the media have become obsessive to a fault with anniversaries. Normally, I bristle at all the commemoration commotion, …
Turkey legs aren’t first thing to come to mind when you think about out-of-control tailgating at University of Iowa home …
Newly elected Republican governors across the country are in epic fights over huge, statehouse-snarling issues. It’s been in all the …
I don’t doubt Paris is lovely, but give me an April day in Iowa City, when nature has decided it’s had …
A statewide system of mental health services might not be a bad idea. At least it would even out inequities …
For a second or two, in the low light of morning, I thought I was reading The Onion. I was …
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