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Tax cuts don’t always turn out the way we’re led to believe.
A friend who makes a comfortable income noted recently that the last big Iowa tax cut – the one that does away …
Think back on your career. Did you ever work for a leader who wielded power but failed to gain your loyalty or engagement? By contrast, can you recall a leader who used their position to …
Inflation was a hot topic even before the consumer price index hit a 40-year high of 6.8% in November.
“The speed of inflation in moving from zero to almost 7 percent is shocking and unsettling,” …
The copper-plated windows of the downtown library reflected the image of my friend K.C. It was a bright, cold day and his hooded figure was facing east as I approached.
“This will be interesting,” …
One of the most frequently used phrases I heard from business leaders and friends last year was something along the lines of: “When things get back to normal.” While some days I also feel nostalgic …
The last day of 2021 is a good time to dig into my ideas file and pull out a couple of Cliffs Notes versions.
One story I’ve wanted to write for some time is …
Next Tuesday, Dec. 28, is the 175th anniversary of President James K. Polk’s approval of statehood for Iowa, while noting in his diary “nothing of much interest occurred today.”
Polk’s 1846 diary entry is puzzling …
Hallways in the upper floors of the newly renovated Hotel Fort Des Moines are finished with a unique carpet that lists 10 events from the 102-year-old building’s history.
My favorite: “1939 – Police liquor squad …
Alexander Hamilton believed in government intervention.
His 1791 “Report on the Subject of Manufactures” was a 32,000-word argument for state-led economic planning, according to the 2020 book “Radical Hamilton; Economic Lessons from a Misunderstood Founder” …
I admired Alexander Hamilton long before biographer Ron Chernow and Broadway playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda made our flawed founding father into a 21st-century icon.
As Aaron Burr sings at the opening of Miranda’s “Hamilton”:
“How does …
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