Opinion

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The Elbert Files: Raise taxes for greedy EpiPen

The controversy over the EpiPen’s huge price increases is an example of what my friend K.C. likes to say is “another reason we need to raise taxes.”

I know that sounds strange. Let me explain.…

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Guest Opinion: Why men should attend female leadership events

  BY CHRIS LORANG | Owner, Capital Chiropractic & Rehabilitation Center
Greater Des Moines is lucky to be home to many Chamber of Commerce programs that make our community stronger.   One that I look…
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The Elbert Files: A look ahead for investors

The financial markets have been unusually quiet recently. In fact, the Wall Street Journal reported Aug. 23 that the previous 30 days had been “the least volatile of any 30-day period in more than two …

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Guest Opinion: Leadership lessons from a toddler

BY JESSICA MALDONADO | Public affairs manager, PolicyWorks LLC


Every time I am on the phone with my toddler and ask where he is, his answer is simply “right here.”


It took hearing this multiple…
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Guest Opinion: Professional development from the school of hard knocks

BY TERRI MORK SPEIRS |  Director of marketing and communications, Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center
Recently the board of my professional group, Association of Women in Communications (AWC), sat around a table discussing our upcoming…
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Guest Opinion: Leadership lessons from a toddler

BY JESSICA MALDONADO | Public affairs manager, PolicyWorks LLC


Every time I am on the phone with my toddler and ask where he is, his answer is simply “right here.”


It took hearing this multiple…
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Guest Opinion: Professional development from the school of hard knocks

BY TERRI MORK SPEIRS |  Director of marketing and communications, Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center
Recently the board of my professional group, Association of Women in Communications (AWC), sat around a table discussing our upcoming…
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The Elbert Files: Judge is no threat to Grassley

Democrat Patty Judge’s campaign to defeat Iowa’s long-time incumbent U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley is built around the slogan that she is “the Judge Grassley can’t ignore.”

It’s a memorable phrase, particularly in light of Grassley’s …

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Opinion: Enjoyment key to joining women’s groups

BY MICHELLE DeCLERCK | President, Conference Event Management   Here in Central Iowa, we are fortunate to have many women’s groups and organizations. With so many to choose from, selecting the right one(s) is integral…
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Guest Opinion: Commemorating the ‘giants’ on Women’s Equality Day

BY DIANE RAMSEY | CEO, Iowa Women Lead Change
The year was 1971, and the United States, fresh off the African-American Civil Rights Movement that heralded the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act,…
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