Every few months, someone is killed or injured by police somewhere in the United States under circumstances that lead to inevitable questions about what exactly occurred.
Some members of the Iowa Senate do not think that public notices published in newspapers remain relevant and necessary. A bill filed in the newly formed Technology Committee just over a week ago moved through committee in two days and last week moved through the Ways & Means Committee in…
“You know, since I’ve been eating these chia seeds, I’ve noticed my beard has gotten heavier.”
This has not been an easy time to be a librarian.
The last couple of years have been doozies — for just about all of us. The world has changed before our eyes, in ways we never would have or could have imagined.
My husband, Peter, does not believe in Valentine’s Day. I mean, he knows it is a thing. It’s just a thing he prefers to ignore.
A recent public opinion poll found that three-quarters of Americans want members of Congress to end their bickering and begin compromising more with their colleagues from the other party.
Not that she asked, but I have some advice for Rita Hart, the new chair of the Iowa Democratic Party.
“I have to say, that is a very nice hat,” I told the man as he passed me on the sidewalk.
The Legislature wrote Iowa’s public records law 55 years ago, and one of the tenets of the statute was the belief people deserve to know how state and local governments spend their tax money.
In politics, having a “trifecta” in government is a good thing for a political party — until the trifecta’s inaction on some popular issue starts to haunt the party.
A couple of days ago, a friend of mine posted something written by a friend of his on Facebook. This is what she had to say:
The New Year is a time of resolutions. It's a time when people commit to making a change in their lives. Losing weight, changing jobs, saving money, making money, a new relationship, getting in shape, going back to school or giving up smoking, are just some of the goals people set for themse…
I put my feet on the floor, first thing in the morning, and take a look at them.
Judging from the furrowed brows and dire predictions in Iowa, you might have thought the national Democratic Party committee had voted to eliminate motherhood and apple pie last week.
The fruit lady has my number.
A couple of generations ago, an up-and-coming Arkansas retailer was spreading out across America, and Kenneth Stone was inundated with requests to speak around Iowa and far beyond about the company.
It’s an odd experience watching someone fold your underwear.
It won’t be long before empty parking spaces near the Iowa Capitol will be as hard to find as a compromise between Democrats and Republicans.
Mamie Till came along at the right time in American history.
I love Little Free Libraries.
This past week we attended the memorial for my husband Peter’s oldest sister, Shelley.
It’s not always easy living with me. But my husband, Peter, has to.
Growing up in Bloomfield in the 1950s and 1960s, I remember seeing empty coffee cans next to the cash registers in places like Ollie O’Briant’s drug store, Bill Tews’ coffee shop and Isham Pottorff’s gas station.
I met Betty sitting outside on the sidewalk.
“I don’t remember you at all,” the portly man informed my husband, Peter.
Televisions are getting larger, but that does not make it easier to decipher the political ads that are as common these days as gnats at a picnic.
President Joe Biden’s decision to cancel up to $10,000 in federal student loans for many borrowers is fair game for vigorous debate — and disagreement.
It wasn’t much of a joke, as far as jokes go.
It is difficult for many of us to muster empathy for people accused of crimes who have complaints about the way police treated them.
My husband, Peter, and I are back in our little place in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
Two Degrees
“Life is a lousy spectator sport.” — John R. Powers
Lofty goals take a back seat
The package arrived last week and, I have to admit, I was surprised.
In my day job, I wear the hat of the executive director of the Iowa Freedom of Information Council. This nonprofit, nonpartisan organization has been around for 40-plus years.
My mother has found the perfect pet. She just doesn’t realize it yet.
It was not on the menu, but there was a heaping helping of irony served up recently at a restaurant in Washington, D.C.
Middle ground seems to have disappeared in the United States, and that’s unfortunate.
I have been trying, for as long as I can remember and with limited success, to learn Spanish.
The legendary U.S. Supreme Court justice Louis Brandeis once observed, “Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants.”
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