Property tax reform has been a pressing issue for years. Iowans are facing higher costs on nearly every front and are desperate for relief. Property values have skyrocketed, and property taxes have risen along with them, while our cost of living keeps rising by the day. While every ...
I see where Iowa State's Lake LaVerne has been drained and they are dredging it to make it deeper. (I don't know why they call it a lake. Being from rural Iowa, I would call it a pond.) In the process of dredging Lake Laverne they have found all kinds of odds-and-ends of stuff like it was a time capsule of Iowa State University. They found an old cannon, bicycles, a bowling ball and enough junk to fill a scrapyard. The cannon they surmise may have been used to celebrate touchdowns at nearby Clyde Williams' Field, and then stolen from Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity in the early seventies. The ...
Economic development is often viewed through the lens of attracting new businesses, but growth also depends on supporting the industries that built our communities and will drive them for generations. Few industries demonstrate this more clearly than ethanol. Iowa leads the nation in ethanol ...
Societies, like individuals, can become sick. And, as with individuals, the symptoms point to the pathology. The shocking acceleration of antisemitism in our country is a sign that something is very wrong. Antisemitism is a classic symptom of a society that has problems and is looking ...
On Feb. 22, 2022, two days before Vladimir Putin sent his tanks rumbling toward Ukraine's capital, Donald Trump said of the Russian leader: "This is genius. ... Here's a guy who's very savvy." Eight days later, Lindsey Graham offered a starkly different sentiment: "The only way this ends is ...
People of a certain age were taught to respect the police, obey the law and other rules and regulations mostly practiced by our parents and grandparents. They believed such things would lead to better lives for themselves and for the nation. For many, they did. Today we look at the ...
