Opinion

Here’s something to think about as the fiscal year 2015 enters its final quarter:

The collapse of commodity prices during the past year or so is unlikely to produce the gloom and doom scenarios that …

“Boy, were you wrong,” said a voice from behind as I paused during my morning walk along Grand Avenue.  

“About what?” I said as I turned to greet my old friend K.C. “I’m wrong …

Media General Inc., the public company buying Des Moines’ Meredith Corp., has roots that go back to the founding of the Richmond Dispatch newspaper in 1879.

In recent years, however, the Virginia company has had …

Several months ago, while collaborating with Slingshot Architecture on a master plan for Hubbell Realty’s Bridge District housing development, Dennis Reynolds had an unusual idea. 

Reynolds is a transplant to Iowa, a creative guy who …

Duck’s Breath Mystery Theatre gave their final performance last weekend in Berkeley, Calif., or so they said.

If you’ve never seen Duck’s Breath Mystery Theatre — and there’s a good chance you haven’t — they’re …

The 1970s BBC TV show “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” occasionally introduced comedy sketches with the line: “And now for something completely different.” Which is how I felt when I saw a news release about Des …

Roughly half of all Iowa’s farmland is under contract to tenant farmers, and anyone familiar with agriculture knows that two significant dates for farmland leases are Sept. 1, the deadline for giving notice of termination, …

Editor’s Note: 
Both Mike and Kate Banasiak are Forty Under 40 winners. They’ve been hopelessly involved in various young professional groups, hold or have held leadership positions in groups all over the city, donate their …