This week’s Valentine Day-themed column is based on work I did in 2015 for the Bright Foundation.
One day in 1928, farm girl Lois Rynor drove her family’s Model T Ford to high school in …
Gov. Kim Reynolds was not the first Iowa Republican to conduct a high-profile campaign against fellow party members when she successfully supported primary challengers last year against Republican lawmakers who opposed her school voucher bill. …
The 7 3/4 -mile stretch of road we know as Grand Avenue was once anything but grand.
It is a compilation of three earlier streets, all with different names, none of which was Grand.
But …
As we head into the new year, Iowa’s economy appears more solid than it has been for some time, according to the Iowa Department of Revenue’s Iowa Leading Economic Index.
The index, despite its name, …
One of the more insidious spinoffs of digital technology is the customer satisfaction survey.
I regularly receive emails from merchants, mechanics, medical professionals and others I do business with asking me to rate their actions. …
Republicans have promised to reduce Iowans’ property taxes this year, and therein lies a problem.
Iowa’s property tax system is the product of more than four decades of effort. Any significant changes are likely to …
“When did the middle finger become acceptable in polite conversation?” I asked my friend K.C. when I saw him on a blustery day at the John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park.
“Why do you ask?” …
I stopped smoking for the third, and nearly final, time on Sept. 23, 1973.
Two previous attempts at quitting had resulted in brief periods of abstention followed by increased voracity.
I picked up the habit …
These are strange economic times.
Bankruptcy filings are at record lows, even as the numbers of homeless and food-insecure Iowans climb.
Those contradictory trends are just two of the things I noticed on a drive-by …
Frank Miller drew editorial cartoons for the Des Moines Register for nearly 30 years before his death in 1983. Much of his humor was delivered with a sly wink that regular readers understood and appreciated. …
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