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Evans: Bail out Postal Service before cruise lines

It’s quiz time. What arm of the federal government has the most contact with ordinary Americans, people like you and me? Is it the Internal Revenue Service? Social Security

By Randy Evans / Stray Thoughts

/ 14 Apr 2020

Evans: Bail out Postal Service before cruise lines

Evans: Amazing heroes in the fight against coronavirus

One of my memories, one that had been tucked away back where the cobwebs congregate, is from that day in 2004 when the oldest Evans daughter graduated from Saint Louis

By Randy Evans / Stray Thoughts

/ 7 Apr 2020

Evans: Amazing heroes in the fight against coronavirus

Evans: Crisis underscores how vital information is

We have all become acutely aware in the past few weeks why masks and face shields, respirators and ventilators are so important for hospital workers and their patients. The supply

By Randy Evans / Stray Thoughts

/ 31 Mar 2020

Evans: Crisis underscores how vital information is

Evans: No guarantee leadership roles will produce leaders

Leadership is an elusive quality. When we think of leaders, we often list people in leadership roles. They are the boss; they make the decisions. But in reality, having a

By Randy Evans / Stray Thoughts

/ 23 Mar 2020

Evans: No guarantee leadership roles will produce leaders

Evans: Sick leave for all workers just makes good sense

There won’t be any shortage of lessons to take away from the coronavirus crisis that has sent Iowa and the rest of the United States reeling. One lesson that

By Randy Evans / Stray Thoughts

/ 18 Mar 2020

Evans: Sick leave for all workers just makes good sense

Evans: There should not be a price tag to vote

Iowans take considerable pleasure in enumerating the various ways our state stands apart from the other 49 states – beyond our endangered first-in-the-nation presidential caucuses. For many years,

By Randy Evans / Stray Thoughts

/ 10 Mar 2020

Evans: There should not be a price tag to vote

Evans: Teachers deserve protection for protecting student rights

A bill now awaiting debate and a vote in the Iowa Senate is quite short. It adds a mere 10 lines to the Iowa Code. But those 10 lines are

By Randy Evans / Stray Thoughts

/ 4 Mar 2020

Evans: Teachers deserve protection for protecting student rights

Evans: Iowa’s compelling interest in equality for all

Members of the Iowa Legislature are in the midst of tying themselves into knots over the issue of equality, and that’s unfortunate. The knot-tying involves what these lawmakers

By Randy Evans / Stray Thoughts

/ 19 Feb 2020

Stray Thoughts columnist Randy Evans writes about a bill up for debate at the Iowa Statehouse in Des Moines. IowaWatch file p

Evans: It’s time to overhaul, or end, the caucuses

For 40-plus years, Iowa has been pulling the wool over the eyes of the free world every four years. It is time our state’s political leaders put aside

By Randy Evans / Stray Thoughts

/ 4 Feb 2020

Evans: It’s time to overhaul, or end, the caucuses

Evans: Remember, our imperfections don’t define us

Every one of us probably has a moment of dread from our grade school days squirreled away in the dusty recesses of our memories. Or many such moments. For me,

By Randy Evans / Stray Thoughts

/ 22 Jan 2020

Evans: Remember, our imperfections don’t define us

Evans: Something for Legislature’s ‘to do’ list

There is a retired businessman in western Iowa who bristles every time he reads a newspaper article from somewhere in our state about government officials who have misused their government

By Randy Evans / Stray Thoughts

/ 16 Jan 2020

Evans: Something for Legislature’s ‘to do’ list

Evans: A Teacher Has A Lesson From The ER For All Of Us

Schools across Iowa have been dark for more than a week because of winter vacation. But a Des Moines teacher still managed to teach a very important lesson during that

By Randy Evans / Stray Thoughts

/ 3 Jan 2020

Evans: Bail out Postal Service before cruise lines

Evans: Amazing heroes in the fight against coronavirus

Evans: Crisis underscores how vital information is

Evans: No guarantee leadership roles will produce leaders

Evans: Sick leave for all workers just makes good sense

Evans: There should not be a price tag to vote

Evans: Teachers deserve protection for protecting student rights

Evans: Iowa’s compelling interest in equality for all

Evans: It’s time to overhaul, or end, the caucuses

Evans: Remember, our imperfections don’t define us

Evans: Something for Legislature’s ‘to do’ list

Evans: A Teacher Has A Lesson From The ER For All Of Us

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