A few days after Mayor Ron Corbett took an olive branch to Des Moines, Gov. Terry Branstad came this direction, …
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A few days after Mayor Ron Corbett took an olive branch to Des Moines, Gov. Terry Branstad came this direction, …
A silver-haired professor walked into the four-floor elevator at the University of Iowa Boyd Law Building on Tuesday. “Are you …
P.T. Barnum wasn’t always separating “suckers” from their silver. He also had a political career. Barnum served a couple of …
Senate File 345 just might be the most important bill you’ve never heard of to survive the state legislature’s “funnel …
Indonesia has Boy Scouts and Rotary Clubs. I did not know that. But I do now, thanks to possible presidential …
Ta-ta, Twitter. Bye-bye, BlackBerry. Let the unplugging begin. There’s been a lot of talk lately about how technology is short-circuiting …
Today’s print column The mayor’s speech was well-received, but it should have been riskier. I’m not saying that Mayor Ron …
Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett delivers his Condition of the City speech at noon today. We’re reportedly streaming it live …
The Iowa Republican and McClatchy newspapers convened a focus group of Iowa conservatives activists to talk about the caucuses. Huckabee is …
It’s not shaping up to be a watershed year at the Statehouse. It’s been about five weeks since Sen. Rob …
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee’s big ‘ol book-promoting bus tour rolled into Cedar Rapids around noon today. The man who …
For some reason, my Sunday print column didn’t post yesterday, so here it is. Sorry to online only readers for …
It will be 50 years ago on Tuesday that President John F. Kennedy established the Peace Corps, he said, to …
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