Today’s print column DES MOINES – It looks like the “dictator” isn’t budging. Being a legislative majority leader “doesn’t mean …
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Today’s print column DES MOINES – It looks like the “dictator” isn’t budging. Being a legislative majority leader “doesn’t mean …
The vote tossing out three Iowa Supreme Court justices was dramatic and overwhelming. But it sounds like the response of …
Whether you think guns kill people, people kill people or the truth lies somewhere in between, there’s no denying our …
It’s possible, maybe even probable, that Sarah Palin’s highly lucrative “keep ’em guessing” game won’t result in an actual run …
It’s early December. Time to pick out a tree, gas up the snow blower and hear the Iowa Chamber Alliance …
Bad news this week for jobless Iowans who watched their emergency unemployment benefits dry up while Congress simply watched. Federal …
A Cambridge scientist, with the help of “complex algorithims,” has determined that April 11, 1954, was the most dull/boring/uneventful day …
So Iowa’s next economic development director is Debi Durham, who has led Sioux City’s regional development efforts for 15 years. …
Turns out that Al Gore could have loaned some snow to Kilimanjaro. Gore has now fessed up that his previous …
State officials certified the results of the 2010 election today, so three Iowa Supreme Court justices, Marsha Ternus, David Baker and …
For some reason, this clip from The Naked Gun popped to mind when I heard that Leslie Nielsen died Sunday. …
My dad is determined to make this Thanksgiving Day analog. Weeks ago, he warned us that he intends to ban …
As I write this, I’m in full pre-Thanksgiving freak out. The holiday’s on all the 2010 calendars, so how did …
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