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Evans Opinion: Congress Has Dithered Long Enough On Guns

How many more will it take? How many more mass shootings? How many more bodies of adults and children will need to pile up — in the aisles of retail stores,

By Randy Evans / Stray Thoughts

/ 7 Aug 2019

Evans Opinion: Congress Has Dithered Long Enough On Guns

Evans: Iowans’ Wardrobes Don’t Need These Overalls

This is a good week for Iowans to put away forever what a friend once called our “mental overalls.” The label was his way of describing the tendency of Iowans

By Randy Evans / Stray Thoughts

/ 17 Jul 2019

Evans: Iowans’ Wardrobes Don’t Need These Overalls

Evans: We Need These Reminders About Immigrants

Years ago, when I was a young pup of a reporter for the Des Moines Register, my assignment was covering state and federal courts. Normally, it amounted to reporting on

By Randy Evans / Stray Thoughts

/ 10 Jul 2019

Evans: We Need These Reminders About Immigrants

Evans: What’s Going On In Our School Classrooms?

One of the most common types of violence in Iowa’s K-12 schools does not involve fistfights or guns. This form of violence often flies under society’s radar,

By Randy Evans / Stray Thoughts

/ 3 Jul 2019

Evans: What’s Going On In Our School Classrooms?

Evans: Campaign Losers Should Be Thanked, Not Jailed

What in the world has gotten into us? Through the years, we poured ourselves into political campaigns, put out yard signs for our favorite office-seekers, and held “coffees” to

By Randy Evans / Stray Thoughts

/ 26 Jun 2019

Former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney in Davenport, Iowa

Evans: Congress Needs To Focus On This Caravan

A small caravan crossed the United States border last month, but this was not the kind of caravan that has been in the news for more than a year. The

By Randy Evans / Stray Thoughts

/ 19 Jun 2019

Evans: Congress Needs To Focus On This Caravan

Evans: There’s Judicial Activism You Like — And Dislike

One of the most contentious issues in the Iowa Legislature this year involved the way the state’s judges are chosen. That process was established 57 years ago when voters

By Randy Evans / Stray Thoughts

/ 12 Jun 2019

Evans: There’s Judicial Activism You Like — And Dislike

Viewing Citizens As Nuisances Is Wrong

There have been plenty of examples that raise questions whether government boards in Iowa truly understand they work for the people, not for government officials and employees --- and that they are supposed to be looking out for the best interests of taxpayers.

By Randy Evans / Stray Thoughts

/ 29 May 2019

Evans: Big Business Shouldn’t Overlook Working Stiffs

I’m a sucker for happy news. There never is enough of it. Often it seems as if discouraging news overshadows anything uplifting or encouraging. But there was an amazing

By Randy Evans / Stray Thoughts

/ 22 May 2019

Evans: Big Business Shouldn’t Overlook Working Stiffs

Evans: Democrats Won’t Win From Ideological Fringe

A friend of mine, a Korean War veteran, was talking last week about a mutual friend of ours, who also served in the Korean War. Opinionated would accurately describe both men.

By Randy Evans / Stray Thoughts

/ 8 May 2019

Evans: Democrats Won’t Win From Ideological Fringe

Evans: Free Speech Is Sometimes Uncomfortable

The First Amendment isn’t long, but it certainly packs a lot of angst into those few words: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press or the right of the people peaceably to assemb

By Randy Evans / Stray Thoughts

/ 1 May 2019

Evans: Free Speech Is Sometimes Uncomfortable

How You Use Your Money Tells A Lot: Evans

When you drive down Columbia Street in Bloomfield, you will roll past two lessons on selfless giving. Both of those “lessons” are wrapped in one important building, the Bloomfield Public

By Randy Evans / Stray Thoughts

/ 24 Apr 2019

Evans Opinion: Congress Has Dithered Long Enough On Guns

Evans: Iowans’ Wardrobes Don’t Need These Overalls

Evans: We Need These Reminders About Immigrants

Evans: What’s Going On In Our School Classrooms?

Evans: Campaign Losers Should Be Thanked, Not Jailed

Evans: Congress Needs To Focus On This Caravan

Evans: There’s Judicial Activism You Like — And Dislike

Viewing Citizens As Nuisances Is Wrong

Evans: Big Business Shouldn’t Overlook Working Stiffs

Evans: Democrats Won’t Win From Ideological Fringe

Evans: Free Speech Is Sometimes Uncomfortable

How You Use Your Money Tells A Lot: Evans

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