It’s tough, because Franken has no legislative record to easily dissect, twist and target.
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It’s tough, because Franken has no legislative record to easily dissect, twist and target.
Hinson wants credit for not being the most extreme abortion extremist.
I wish I could insist that both sides of the ideological spectrum are equally inflamed. I can’t.
A recent column I wrote about newspapers across the country scaling back their opinion pages drew quite a bit of …
Our hogs we prize and our rights we will not maintain.
In one of my later pieces for the Iowa City Press-Citizen, I briefly mentioned an artifact in my possession, a …
For many, it feels as though the fight is hopeless.
What a terrible time it is for both sides of the argument to remain so entrenched.
DeJear has a broader view of freedom than Gov. Kim Reynolds
It doesn’t take a numbers-cruncher from MIT to see what’s going on.
Unless you’re a gun owner, your rights and liberties are sitting on rapidly shifting sand.
Teachers are leaving in droves. 126 resigned positions with the Cedar Rapids Community School District at the end of the …
New worker classification could put millions out of work
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