Opinion

We need to invest in a country worth fighting for, not endless wars and boondoggles for military contractors.

We’re in for a big fight that will pit multinational chemical companies and their billion-dollar profits against the health and well-being of everyday Iowans.

The first part of 2025 let's reflect on and be thankful for America’s fundamental principle of separation of church and state.

Among wealthier countries, Americans “die the youngest and experience the most avoidable deaths” despite spending almost twice as much on health care as others, a recent Commonwealth Fund Study found.

I know people who prefer their daylight “late” (I’m one of them — if I have outside work to do at home, I prefer to do it in the evening). They’d prefer that the current Daylight Saving Time become “standard” time year-round.

Share your reaction regarding the presidential election outcome in a letter to the editor to your local newspaper.

Washington’s out-of-control spending put our nation $36 trillion in debt.

Long-time Tigerhawk coach makes switch to girls soccer program

President-elect Donald Trump announced his second-term plans for a “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE).

This second in a 3-part series of op-eds will feature the thoughts of 12 additional women.

Decide for yourself if you have been indoctrinated with rules taught us.

I reached out to women across America — from both political parties — and asked for their reaction, in two sentences or less, to the election results.

Mustangs reach state semifinals for third time since 2018

Keegan Schnell goes from near-death experience to state cross country meet

Treat everyone with respect and always thank those who help you. All people want to be appreciated.

Republicans confirm Trump’s 2020 election was ‘lost, not stolen’

Take pride in the teachers, school staff, and administrators for the tireless effort they put in to prepare our kids for the future.

This is a great time to look for scholarships that will help offset the cost of an education.

School gardens, school farms, high tunnels, and farm field trips have expanded the classroom and hands-on learning for students.

Democrats have been listening to Iowans and we want to get to work on the issues important to them.

What might be influential to the undecided and irregular voters won’t come down to Trump-Vance promises or Harris-Walz platitudes.

It’s not as quick as going to a local shop or ordering from Amazon, but it’s usually MUCH cheaper.

The Biden-Harris administration needs to stop giving tax dollars to terrorists.

Look into the government reformation policies contained within Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025.

Election 2024: Finally weird enough?

The Biden-Harris administration needs to get bureaucrats back into the office and get the lead out.

Project 2025 is an issue every registered voter ought to become very knowledgeable about.

Neither candidate offer any serious proposals to cut federal spending and balance the federal budget.

Iowa small businesses are not just mom-and-pop shops. They operate as trailblazers of invention, bringing vital technologies that support our national defense to bear.

Public Citizen organization says just a 0.1 percent tax — that’s 10 cents on every $100 of stocks, bonds and derivatives trades — would generate an estimated $752 billion over 10 years.

Most of humanity is NOT going to abandon the Industrial Revolution and its consequences to stop global warming.

Believes electing Trump will be dangerous to America’s short- and long-term economic future.

Like most Americans, Kamala Harris has evolved on marijuana

With hostage negotiations at a critical phase, the administration must actually put all options (back) on the table to maximize pressure on Hamas.

I’m not seeing much speculation from either camp on the equally interesting subject of what Joe Biden’s final six months in office might look like.

The work to bring bureaucratic overreach to a swift stop has only just begun.

Unless things have changed since the early 2000s the “homework situation” in America is beyond crazy.

Trump is not a student of history or international relationships; he’s a transactional individual who adores power-brokers.

Voters will need to decide if they support the freedom to make their own health care choices, IVF

On the eve of Independence Day, six right-wing justices issued an unhinged and dangerous ruling.

Even if someone could plausibly be “qualified” to “serve” as president of the United States, neither of these candidate would come close to making the list.

Why is there no billboard next to the seven electric vehicle charging stations built over the past two years boasting they were bought by the Biden administration with $7.5 billion?

Aesop’s fable is on trial: Will presidential candidates be judged by the company they keep?

Will the track get another Cup Series date? Only time will tell.

If any industry ever needed more oversight, it’s the crypto business. But the industry is trying to dodge regulation — with help from Congress.

Addiction recovery is hard. Funding it shouldn’t be.

Shutting down the border to asylum seekers is cruel, ineffective, and plainly illegal. We need to put human dignity — and the law — first.

Truth or consequences? One political idea checks both boxes

Keep America a democracy

Since worry doesn’t accomplish anything positive, there is no rational reason to worry.