Opinion

To the Editor: How education funding differs from private sector

Dear Editor, Many people have been following March Madness in high school and college basketball.  In my world, I have been watching the March Madness that is occurring at the Capitol in ...

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An editor\'s favorite story (and one more word of thanks)

Here’s my favorite story about my job, although technically, it has absolutely nothing at all to do with any story I ever wrote: A few years ago, when there were just two granddaughters (...

Letter to the Editor: State Funding and Education

By Josie Albrecht Every session the question facing the legislature is how to fit Iowans’ priorities within the constraints of state revenue. For years, state government in I...

Letter To The Editor: Iran - deal or no deal‏

By John Stiegelmeyer Some Opinion Page Writers have accused 47 Republicans who signed a letter addressed to the government of Iran informing said government of our Constitutional procedures va...

To the Editor: Voting fraud hysteria in Iowa

To The Editor: Something happened recently that received a little media coverage about the current Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate decision not to continue with the court appeal from his pred...

Letter to the Editor: HF58

Representative Pettengill,  It has cone to my attention that you have cosponsored a bill, HF 58, that tries to put government directly between a woman and her Doctor by requiring the Doct...

All roads lead to...family

Gus Osterhagen was a businessman in the 1930's. While a step great great uncle, he was fun to find! For a long time, we've joked about our "Holiday Curse." Now for those that don't remember, it seems that in our family if it's a birthday or holiday, something bad happens. &n...

The Paper Clip

I was taking a nap today and I had a dream, it was a strange one; the kind where you are totally aware of what’s going on around you and you are also very much asleep and dreaming at the sam...

Rants from an egg snob

It's official. I have become and egg snob, I know, I know with all the ribbing from my dear husband about the cost of the eggs our dear hens lay... As a gal that grew up in town, an...