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
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
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
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
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
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,
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
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,
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
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
