The headlines on two recent investment articles caught my attention.
One said: “The Federal Government Deficit is Huge, So Buy Stocks!”
The second was: “Is the Stock Market Doomed? Yes, But Maybe Not in 2025.”…
Many people assume the Nike Swoosh, created in 1971 for $35, was responsible for turning consumers into walking billboards by placing corporate logos on popular fashion choices.
The real credit goes to an Iowan. And …
My friend Jo Kline, who writes and speaks about the difficulties of health care in Iowa, sent an email recently titled: “Every Iowan recognizes the odor of fertilizer.”
The subject was Gov. Kim Reynolds’ proclamation …
I was intrigued by the title on David Brooks’ cover story in the December issue of The Atlantic: “How the Ivy League Broke America.”
In it, he traces the history of college admission standards and …
Iowa legislators will need to start making some difficult choices when they return to Des Moines in January.
That might seem like a strange prediction after voters returned solid Republican majorities to both the Iowa …
Iowa was the nation’s sixth-largest producer of apples a century ago before an unexpected blizzard on Nov. 11, 1940, froze the sap in trees, virtually eliminating the state’s apple industry.
The Armistice Day storm 84 …
In the summer of 1961, my transistor radio, turned to full volume, played “Runaway” by Del Shannon, “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow” by the Shirelles, and “Raindrops” (my favorite) by Dee Clark.
While the …
Valerie Van Kooten has a weird and wonderful backstory about how she came to lead the State Historical Society of Iowa, and it helps explain the society’s new project: “Weird & Wonderful Iowa.”
“Coming from …
I was passing the John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park when I saw my friend K.C. standing under artist Ai Weiwei’s “Iron Tree Trunk.”
The …
Nearly 100 years ago in the spring of 1929, when today’s medically oriented Des Moines University went by the name Still College, students at the original Des Moines University rioted.
Upset by new owners who …
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