Editor’s note: This is the first in a two-part series about famous Iowans. Read part two in the Jan. 24 edition of the of the Business Record.
More Iowans have found fame by leaving than …
This may not be the best time to bring up the subject of assisted dying, given the recent success of the anti-abortion movement in Iowa and other parts of the country. But the concept is …
My friend K.C. was admiring Deborah Butterfield’s two spectral horses in the John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park.…
Santa Claus will miss the Iowa Poll.
While it may be premature to write off the 81-year-old Iowa Poll, its future is clearly in doubt.
Poll director Ann Selzer announced she is stepping back from …
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 …
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