It was a hot September day when I saw my friend K.C. admiring Joel Shapiro’s untitled sculpture of a stick figure in the John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park.
The legs are splayed in a …
Aaron Burr is the highest-ranking federal official ever charged with treason. His trial in 1807 resulted in an acquittal and helps explain why there have been few treason cases since then.
Like everything in Burr’s …
What I am about to propose is not likely. In fact, it’s probably more likely that Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds will be the Republican candidate for president or that Democrats will make a clean sweep …
This is the first in a series on family-owned business issues.
Did you know that Iowa ranks fifth among states with the most family-owned businesses?
Last year, a study published by Small Business Trends revealed …
Steffen Schmidt has a great question for anyone who wants to be president or serve in the next Congress.
Schmidt is Iowa State University’s semi-retired Lucken Professor of Political Science, and for my money, you …
Neil Hamilton’s new book, “The River Knows: How Water and Land Will Shape Our Future” covers …
How many times have you had conversations with team members where they reminded you of how things were done in the past? “We used to do it this way,” one colleague said to me recently, …
My father-in-law, Knox Craig, was a gifted letter writer.
Knox grew up in Oregon and graduated from the University of Idaho with a degree in English in 1942.
He …
Gov. Kim Reynolds’ new state motto, “Iowa: Freedom to Flourish,” is the fifth state slogan proposed by an Iowa governor since the 1950s when license plates identified us as “The Corn State.”
The governor’s choice …
Demolition of the downtown Kaleidoscope Mall on Walnut Street marks the end of an era.
The mall is coming down to make way for a 33-story apartment building.
For much of the 20th century, Walnut …
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