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Iowa’s waterways are in worse condition than most of us realize.
A study by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources earlier this year said as much, although the implications of its technical findings were difficult …
I recently had the opportunity to sit down with some of our team members for a report-out on leadership training they’d received over the last year. I listened intently as one individual described some positive …
I bought an iced coffee at Ritual Cafe and headed into the Pappajohn Sculpture Park to read “You Know Me Al,” Ring Lardner’s series of short stories about an early 20th-century baseball pitcher. The book …
In the early 1980s, Tina Turner recorded “What’s Love Got to Do With It?” It became her first and only Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 single. It is a catchy tune, but what’s love got …
Are we headed into a recession?
That’s a natural question when inflation rises as quickly as it has in recent months, but not one that can be easily answered.
You might as well ask about …
Despite the fact that the U.S. economy remains strong by many measures, business leaders are bracing for a recession. CEOs and boards from Wall Street to Main Street are reexamining – and in some cases …
The hierarchy of Des Moines has changed a lot during the 10 years I’ve written this column. New leaders have surfaced as key players retired or moved on. Others, most notably Barry Griswell, Johnny Danos …
Former State Auditor Dick Johnson was one of those rare politicians with a storehouse of seemingly unlimited knowledge and a sense of public purpose larger than his ego.
He died recently at 87 following a …
Science magazine debunked a common gun violence myth a couple of weeks ago when it editorialized immediately after the Uvalde, Texas, massacre of 19 elementary students and two teachers.
Mental health isn’t the problem, the …
I recently overheard a young professional bemoaning the “shockingly high” 4.5% rate he’d just locked in for his new mortgage. After assuring him that this rate is still very low historically, it struck me that …
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