Opinion

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Guest Opinion: Everyone needs two jobs

BY BRIANNE FITZGERALD | Communications and engagement officer, Iowa Commission on Volunteer Service
The greater Des Moines community is a gem. We live in a place where people want to give back and look for…
By BPC Staff | Nov 28, 2016
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Guest Opinion: Anger into action — the next steps

BY KRISTIN GRIFFITH | Executive director, Young Women’s Resource Center


The election is over, but the ugliness it stirred up remains. Over the past 18 months we have been exposed to video clips, sound bites,…
By BPC Staff | Nov 28, 2016
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The Elbert Files: How to improve the next election

I have a solution for what most people believe is a flawed process for nominating Democratic and Republican candidates for president.

A consistent refrain of this year’s election has been that the two major party …
By DAVE ELBERT | Nov 25, 2016
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Guest Opinion: Inspire girls to consider nontraditional careers

BY TARA SMITH ANDERSON |  Director, external mobilization, American Petroleum Institute
Today, it’s easy to envision that young girls everywhere aspire to be whatever they want to be. Unfortunately, there are still many careers that…
By BPC Staff | Nov 21, 2016
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Guest Opinion: Picking up where IWLC leaves off

BY MICHELLE DECLERCK | Founder, Conference Event Management   Coming off of an energetic IWLC Central Iowa Conference just a few weeks ago lets you think, “What next?”  


As an organizer of events and…
By BPC Staff | Nov 21, 2016
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The Elbert Files: Book: Why we loved Younkers

Nearly everyone has a favorite Younkers’ story. 

Mine involves Kyle McKasson, who ran the morning coffee cart at the downtown skywalk entrance for more than a decade. When the store closed in 2005, Kyle was …
By DAVE ELBERT | Nov 18, 2016
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Guest Opinion: Iowa’s business court innovating and improving business litigation

Many Iowa businesses have discovered that accessing civil justice through our courts is easier and more cost-efficient today thanks to the Iowa Business Court, an innovation of the Iowa Supreme Court Civil Justice Reform Task …
By MARK CADY & JAY ERS | Nov 18, 2016
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Guest Opinion: The power of ‘us’

  BY TERRY HERNANDEZ | Executive director, Chrysalis Foundation   Being dependent has sometimes been viewed as a negative. We’re taught early in life to be “independent,” or “individual” — to have our own thoughts…
By BPC Staff | Nov 14, 2016
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Opinion: More than ever, women need role models

BY SUZANNE HECKENLAIBLE | Vice president of public affairs, Delta Dental of Iowa, and executive director, Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation


On Oct. 27, I had the distinct pleasure of joining hundreds of professional woman…
By BPC Staff | Nov 14, 2016
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The Elbert Files: Weitz book loaded with tales

Few people realize it now, but there was a strong connection between Prohibition and Camp Dodge, the military compound north of Des Moines that was built in 1917 to train World War I soldiers.

Des …
By DAVE ELBERT | Nov 11, 2016