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Opinion

Ukraine, inner cities, and character attacks

Columnists

This weekend, Tucker Carlson interviewed a bevy of Republican presidential candidates in Iowa. Despite the fact that polls show that nearly zero Americans consider the war in Ukraine to be a top voting priority, Carlson spent a disproportionate share of his time grilling the candidates over ...

Campaign rules for the Iowa caucuses have evolved but not changed

Columnists

There are three well-known rules to find success in the Iowa Caucus, also known as the Nagle Rule, since I first proscribed them: Rule No. 1 is Organize; Rule Number Two is Organize and Rule No. 3 is Get Hot at the End. In the 40-plus years we have held this event, time and time again, this ...

We’re still standing

Columnists

Five years is a long time, and yet, for many of the residents who lived through the EF-3 tornado on July 19, 2018, it still feels like yesterday. They can still tell you where they were, what they were doing, the sounds they heard and the utter shock they felt as they gazed upon the wreckage ...

Marshalltown Strong

Your View

Dark clouds from the west boiling through clear blue sky, The sirens they blare, the people ask why? A raging tornado is blowin’ through town, Better run to the basement, folks, just keep your heads down. It sounds like a freight train as it rips up huge trees, It tears into houses, ...