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Where, oh where, are today’s Bob Rays?

It’s hard for those of us of a certain vintage to realize it has been 39 years since Robert Ray was Iowa’s governor. In spite of the passage

By Randy Evans / Stray Thoughts

/ 12 Apr 2021

Evans: Iowans deserve a governor, not a ruler

The Iowa Supreme Court chamber is a magnificent venue for the seven justices who referee the thorniest legal questions in our state. The courtroom seats a few dozen spectators. Last

By Randy Evans / Stray Thoughts

/ 30 Mar 2021

Evans: Iowans deserve a governor, not a ruler

Evans: How you can still lose while winning in court

Many years ago, during a conversation with an old lawyer, he made a comment I still remember: “You can sue the bishop of Boston for bastardy, but that doesn’t

By Randy Evans / Stray Thoughts

/ 23 Mar 2021

Evans: How you can still lose while winning in court

Evans: Iowa should stop keeping police discipline secret

The actions of journalists and police officers were in the spotlight last week in a Des Moines courtroom. The scrutiny came at the trial of Andrea Sahouri, a Des Moines

By Randy Evans / Stray Thoughts

/ 15 Mar 2021

Evans: Iowa should stop keeping police discipline secret

Evans: There's more at stake than new road signs

Tucked away among hundreds of bills being considered this year by the Iowa Legislature is one people might have quickly embraced in a different era. But times have changed. It

By Randy Evans / Stray Thoughts

/ 8 Mar 2021

Evans: There's more at stake than new road signs

Evans: These changes won’t improve election security

Iowa’s 2020 election was one for the record books -- with 1.7 million people marking ballots. It was an impressive turnout in Iowa --- with 76 percent of Iowa’s

By Randy Evans / Stray Thoughts

/ 22 Feb 2021

Evans: These changes won’t improve election security

Evans: It's not surprising if Iowans have whiplash

Gov. Kim Reynolds’ message for Iowans has been consistent since the coronavirus pandemic arrived a year ago: Yes, wearing masks is important, the governor has made clear, but government should

By Randy Evans / Stray Thoughts

/ 17 Feb 2021

Evans: It's not surprising if Iowans have whiplash

Evans: There are more questions than answers in Iowa these days

It may be time for lawmakers to designate an official state punctuation mark, too. The question mark seems to be an appropriate choice -- especially after the troubling news from our

By Randy Evans / Stray Thoughts

/ 9 Feb 2021

Evans: There are more questions than answers in Iowa these days

Evans: Needless confusion about First Amendment

Forty-five words that were first written with a quill pen 230 years ago form what may be the most consequential sentence in United States history. But that sentence also

By Randy Evans / Stray Thoughts

/ 18 Jan 2021

Evans: Needless confusion about First Amendment

Evans: We don't need a leader like this one

I was a kid from small-town Iowa when I first laid eyes on the United States Capitol. It was 1962. My family squeezed into our Dodge and drove to

By Randy Evans / Stray Thoughts

/ 11 Jan 2021

Evans: We don't need a leader like this one

Evans: We're not ready to OK mass murder, are we?

Through history, the decisions by our presidents to issue pardons and commutations have always been topics of controversy. President Gerald Ford probably torpedoed his election chances when he pardoned Richard

By Randy Evans / Stray Thoughts

/ 8 Jan 2021

Evans: We're not ready to OK mass murder, are we?

Evans: No justification for shutting out the public

There are some high-minded legal principles written into Iowa laws and rulings by our state’s Supreme Court. But in recent weeks, one of those sound principles has run

By Randy Evans / Stray Thoughts

/ 28 Dec 2020

Where, oh where, are today’s Bob Rays?

Evans: Iowans deserve a governor, not a ruler

Evans: How you can still lose while winning in court

Evans: Iowa should stop keeping police discipline secret

Evans: There's more at stake than new road signs

Evans: These changes won’t improve election security

Evans: It's not surprising if Iowans have whiplash

Evans: There are more questions than answers in Iowa these days

Evans: We don't need a leader like this one

Evans: We're not ready to OK mass murder, are we?

Evans: No justification for shutting out the public

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