The people of Iowa have gotten a look at the University of Iowa’s priorities in recent weeks.
I doubt this was the message administrators in Iowa City intended to
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,
When he was governor, Terry Branstad often voiced his frustration that he was not able to comment on the reasons a state government employee was fired or demoted.
In Branstad’
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
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
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,
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
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
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.
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
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.
