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Opinion

Protect property rights from eminent domain abuse

Your View

As an Iowa landowner, for four years I’ve watched the Iowa House advance multiple bills regarding property rights protection from hazardous carbon pipelines to the Iowa Senate, where they are ignored. Thank you, Representatives Joshua Meggers and Dean Fisher, for joining the Republican ...

Trump 2.0’s alleged trifecta crisis

Columnists

On July 25, 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave a radio address to 125 million Americans in which he coined the term “first 100 days.” Today the 100th day of a presidency is considered as a benchmark to measure the early success or failure of a president. Mr. Trump’s 100th day of ...

Starving the poor to feed the rich

Columnists

As a child, I felt so fancy when we used the purple food stamps — those were the pretty ones. We were a hardworking, loving family. My parents ensured we weren’t around anyone who tried to make us feel “less than” for needing help to make ends meet. That’s just reality in America. ...

Appropriate language

Your View

Confession: I learned the word “fascist” from the Coen Brothers. In their 1998 film The Big Lebowski, the Malibu Chief of Police hurls his coffee at The Dude’s head who yells, “Ow! F— Fascist!” It’s a funny moment in the movie. But why is it a punchline? The Dude is beaten by ...

Astonished and dismayed

Your View

I was astonished and dismayed to see the results of the Weekly Poll that asked if Kilmar Abrego Garcia should be returned to the US from detention in El Salvador. 60% of the respondents voted No. Given that this is not a scientifically conducted poll and that there is opportunity to vote more ...