Give an extra tug on your seatbelt. The next couple of months will be rough ones.
The new school year starts in a few weeks. Not surprisingly, with the coronavirus
The sun was drooping close to the tree line as the day wound down in southern Pennsylvania eight years ago.
A retired U.S. Army officer, now a historian, led
There’s so much anxiety going around Iowa City now, and Maalox could easily qualify as the official summer beverage.
There’s anxiety over what the fall semester will look
There have not been a lot of bright spots since coronavirus began sickening Iowans.
So far, 685 people have died in our state from the virus, and another 26,000
The decision last week to cancel the Iowa State Fair was a reminder of the seriousness of coronavirus and the consequences of many people’s anxiety about returning to activities
There’s a quiz today.
How would the tragic death of George Floyd have been perceived if the encounter occurred on a deserted side street in the middle of the
The shackles could not hold us. The Evanses cast them aside last week and traveled to Bloomfield and Cedar Rapids to visit our parents.
There are few social distancing concerns
We always can use more humor. Even during a pandemic.
At least that was my justification for a “thought” I shared with the world on social media last week.
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The relationship between government and the governed is a delicate arrangement, even in the best of times.
Government wants us to pay our taxes. It wants us to obey its
Editorial cartoonists – the outstanding ones, like the Des Moines Register’s Frank Miller and Brian Duffy – have a marvelous ability to express a point of view with only a few
The coronavirus crisis has exposed the financial vulnerabilities of countless Iowa businesses.
Whether we like it or not, it will be touch-and-go to see how many come through
In the world of contagions, epidemics and vaccines, there are not many true rock stars.
There is, of course, Dr. Anthony Fauci, who directs the National Institute of Allergy and
