Health insurance costs are steadily rising and heading toward even larger increases through the upcoming enrollment period.
The high cost of services and continued effects of the coronavirus pandemic are just some of the factors …
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 …
This column is part of an ongoing series on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues and what they mean to business leaders and organizations.
I can still vividly remember when the Exxon Valdez struck Bligh …
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. …
Elections have consequences.
Sometimes they are immediate and obvious.
For example, one assumes that after Gov. Kim Reynolds led the Republican Party to a crushing victory this year, she will get just about anything she …
Golf in Des Moines got off to a quick start 125 years ago when a dozen men met at a sporting goods store on a Tuesday evening in 1897 and voted to form the Golf …
Two recent stories about research in Iowa produced opposite reactions. One gave me a sense of pride and hope; the other, disappointment and concern.
First, the good news.
A California startup with operations in Ames …
White Ghost, the 12-foot fiberglass statue by Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara, dominates the northwest corner of the John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park with its simultaneously sweet and sinister face.
My friend K.C. stood nearby …
Mount Rainier is going bald.
I was 14 when I first saw the western Washington volcano’s snow-covered peak on a family vacation in 1961. The 14,417-foot mountain is visible in clear air from more …
This week, I’ll be attending a reunion of my business school class, so I’ve been thinking a lot about how different business and leadership were in the 1990s compared with today. Our MBA curriculum focused …
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