Aaron Burr is the highest-ranking federal official ever charged with treason. His trial in 1807 resulted in an acquittal and helps explain why there have been few treason cases since then.
Like everything in Burr’s …
What I am about to propose is not likely. In fact, it’s probably more likely that Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds will be the Republican candidate for president or that Democrats will make a clean sweep …
Steffen Schmidt has a great question for anyone who wants to be president or serve in the next Congress.
Schmidt is Iowa State University’s semi-retired Lucken Professor of Political Science, and for my money, you …
Neil Hamilton’s new book, “The River Knows: How Water and Land Will Shape Our Future” covers …
My father-in-law, Knox Craig, was a gifted letter writer.
Knox grew up in Oregon and graduated from the University of Idaho with a degree in English in 1942.
He …
Gov. Kim Reynolds’ new state motto, “Iowa: Freedom to Flourish,” is the fifth state slogan proposed by an Iowa governor since the 1950s when license plates identified us as “The Corn State.”
The governor’s choice …
Demolition of the downtown Kaleidoscope Mall on Walnut Street marks the end of an era.
The mall is coming down to make way for a 33-story apartment building.
For much of the 20th century, Walnut …
Iowa’s economy appears to have stalled and may be sliding backward.
Seven of the eight economic factors that make up the Iowa Department of Revenue’s Iowa Leading Indicators Index were below par in the most …
The last time Des Moines made major changes in downtown traffic patterns was 70 years ago when more than a dozen streets were converted from two-way to one-way traffic.
The goal in 1953 was to …
I have good news and bad news for Iowa Democrats.
The good news is that the New York Times recently reported Democrats nationally are benefiting from the U.S. Supreme Court’s year-old Dobbs decision, which overturned …
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