When I was in my 20s, I had the opportunity to work for a renowned turnaround management expert named Charlie. A large, blustery Texan who loudly barked orders to everyone around him, Charlie was hired …
“Our Changing Menu” is a new book by food experts and science writers about how climate change is affecting what we eat and drink.
Coffee is one example. Coffee plants are “sensitive to even a …
Plans for a drive-thru Starbucks on Ingersoll Avenue remind me of my favorite Starbucks story.
I’ve never liked their coffee. Too bitter and overpriced for me. But I do admire their business model, which …
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed lives in ways we will never fully understand, but which have already created new paths to the future.
It’s natural to view many changes in negative terms.
We can’t go …
The Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia, which is taking place this week, always brings to mind the Eisenhower Tree on the 17th hole.
President Dwight Eisenhower hit the 65-foot-tall loblolly pine …
Local author Joseph LeValley’s third novel, “The Third Side of Murder,” may be his best. Like his first two, the book revolves around Tony Harrington, a small-town Iowa newspaper reporter whose sharp instincts can create …
William Morrison, creator of the first practical electric car in 1890, may be Des Moines’ most underappreciated inventor.
His battery technology work was widely heralded at the time, and the dozen electric cars he designed …
The era of downtown movie theaters is over.
Problems associated with the stalled high-rise project at Fifth Avenue and Walnut Street mark the end of long-standing efforts to return movie theaters to downtown Des Moines. …
Iowa needs more wealth.
Few would argue with that statement.
But when it comes to achieving it, many refuse to consider one obvious solution, raising the minimum wage.
That’s too bad because failing to act …
The gap between urban and rural Iowa has widened markedly in recent years.
Iowa State University economist David Swenson explored one aspect of the divide last year when he compared employment growth in urban …
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