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Political Scientist/blogger Brendon Nyhan has devised this bingo card that you can use tonight as you watch cable news pundits …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Nov. 1, 2010 2:37 pm5533d ago
I left the state for a few days. It was such a liberating feeling, to be beyond the shadowy jurisdictional …
Staff Columnists Nov. 1, 2010 12:16 pm5533d ago
So, I was waiting in the dentist’s office last week, watching a little daytime cable, when a commercial came on …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Staff Columnists Oct. 31, 2010 12:21 am5535d ago
I’m at the end of my rope when it comes to the slippery slope. And this election year, the slope …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Staff Columnists Oct. 28, 2010 1:50 pm5537d ago
Gov. Chet Culver was not ready for this close up. Just a wafer-thin week before Election Day, State Auditor David …
Staff Columnists Oct. 27, 2010 1:11 pm5538d ago
Ah, economic development. You might think it’s the stuff of hearty handshakes and ribbon cuttings and shiny shovels turning fresh …
Staff Columnists Oct. 27, 2010 12:29 am5539d ago
High-speed passenger rail from Iowa City to Chicago is becoming reality, thanks to a $230 million federal stimulus fund boost, …
Staff Columnists Oct. 26, 2010 4:54 pm5539d ago
Iowa’s race for governor, windblown. VAUDIT LANDS ON CULVER CAMPAIGN, ONE CANDIDATE HURT — With just a wafer-thin week left …
Staff Columnists Oct. 26, 2010 10:16 am5539d ago
Here comes the Judge Bus. It’s rolling across Iowa this week, painted in Halloween black and purple, adorned with big …
Staff Columnists Oct. 22, 2010 5:05 pm5543d ago
The plain-but-pretty farm wife stands in front of what must be 100 Mason jars. She wipes the sweat from her …
Staff Columnists Oct. 21, 2010 2:01 pm5544d ago
So Gov. Chet Culver and Terry Branstad stood on the same stage one more time this afternoon. They met at …
Staff Columnists Oct. 21, 2010 12:25 pm5544d ago
The question I’m chewing on today is this: Are schools just paying lip service to bullying, or are anti-bullying policies simply …
Staff Columnists Oct. 21, 2010 11:04 am5544d ago
Just arrived at Iowa Public Television for the last gubernatorial debate between Gov. Chet Culver and Terry Branstad. Supporters of …
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