A long-ago newspaper article about Bill Clinton came to opinion columnist Randy Evans' mind last week because of the controversy that exploded over the Washington Post disclosures about U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore.
If our households operated the way the United States does, members of our extended families would be planning an intervention to get us to see the error of our ways.
One of the nastiest controversies in local government in Iowa in many years was the impeachment in May of Muscatine Mayor Diana Broderson by the city council. The case isn’t over.
Details are tucked away in the distant crevasses of my memory about one of life’s teachable moments. That lesson has stuck with me for nearly 60 years.
When you look at the world around us -- with its hatred and bitterness, with its disagreements and divisiveness -- the quality most lacking today is empathy. We find it difficult, if not impossible, to put ourselves in each other’s shoes and see events and issues from their perspective.
A scab on the memories of lots of Americans was yanked off last week with the airing of the first segments of Ken Burns’ new documentary on the Vietnam war.
Equifax Inc. announced on Sept. 7 that hackers had busted into its computer system. This isn’t just some random corporation, even though most people probably do not recognize its name.
When is Iowa going to catch up with the rest of the nation? Every week or two, another case makes headlines around the United States when a police officer acts in a way that many people find troubling.
A group of Iowa activists met recently to chew over an assortment of issues facing Americans. ... One of the participants, a kind, no-nonsense woman from Boone, clearly was frustrated by the events recently in Charlottesville, Va.
Where are our priorities, Iowa? Two news stories that grabbed the headlines in Iowa last week leave me shaking my head and asking, is this really what we want from our state government?
