The Elbert Files: A recipe for disaster

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My friend K.C. was admiring artist Richard Serra’s “Five Plate Pentagon” in the southeast corner of the John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park.

As I approached, he mumbled something about the Legislature needing to grow …

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The Elbert Files: Revolving Iowa politics

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What’s happened to Iowa?

I’ve been asked many versions of that question in recent months. Typically, but not exclusively, by Democrats who can’t understand how a middle-of-the-road state like Iowa could, almost overnight, become a …

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