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Farming and insurance are at opposite ends of the risk-taking spectrum, which makes it interesting that Iowa’s status as an insurance capital is rooted in the state’s agricultural heritage.
Farming is, and always has been, …
By Angie Ramirez | Project manager, Strategic America Before I begin, there’s something important I have to get out of the way. Work is part of life. That’s why I laugh at the term work-life balance. …
The House impeachment hearings a week ago contained several unexpected twists, including the fact that three key witnesses were first-generation immigrants.
All were career government officers: Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, born in Canada to parents who …
This is the week. The winter holiday season is now upon us, like it or not. The next six weeks will be a blur for many of our fellow business owners and leaders as they …
By Jessica Maldonado | Public affairs director, PolicyWorks “Soccer mom” was a label I swore would never fit me. But as I’ve gotten older, I’ve realized the problem with labels is that they’re hollow words that …
Modern agriculture has bred so much nutrition out of fruits and vegetables that “we are left in the bizarre and paradoxical situation that we are essentially the world’s most overfed nation but also one of …
By Stephanie Majeran | Owner, WellRun Results LLC If you’ve followed along with any of my previous articles, you know that I read a lot. I’ve always been a reader, but I only recently discovered that …
It’s easy to see unethical behavior in the past, Stanford University’s Martin Hellman will argue next week when he delivers the Robert Stewart Distinguished Lecture at Iowa State University. Slavery was wrong, as was denying …
By Suzanna de Baca | President and group publisher, Business Publications Corp. “You don’t look Latina.” I can’t count the number of times I’ve heard that reaction when someone finds out my New Mexican heritage. Clearly, …
I’ve spent a good part of my career covering Des Moines’ transformation from a down-in-the-mouth community in the early 1970s into a 21st-century model of urban design.
When I arrived here in 1975, there were …
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