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Mason City leaders are debating whether or not to ban citizens from carrying guns in publc buildings, even if they …
Stop crying in your last Old Mil, things are tough all over, even for the rich. Fortune magazine has compiled …
[youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=1-KMVWRFLes] I could be wrong, but I’m pretty sure these must be heroic anti-smoking activists fighting bravely to snuff out the poison-spewing Olympic …
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This blog is now 4 months old. And after a whole third of a year, and I still have no …
Watching the Twins’ opener last night, I thought to myself, “You know what, self? An ice cold Grain Belt Premium would taste …
Just look what you irresponsible Iowa Democrats started. You college kids, with your disdain for America’s dysfunctional politics and your …
Nomophobia, according to this story in the UK’s Evening Standard, the fear of being out of cell phone signal range, or …
Hey, I love hugging trees and going green and shrinking my carbon footprint as much as the next enlightened bloke. …
Here are 5 big issues the Legislature has yet to resolve with just three weeks left in the 2008 session, and the …
As fellow Gazette bloganista Dave Rasdal points out, Cedar Rapids’ municipal golf courses open on Monday. It’s welcome news. Some …
So should we do what polls show a majority of Iowans want or should we do what the grocery industry wants? And …
I know, I know, I should probably confine my restaurant roaming and tavern travels to locally owned joints. That would …
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