Central Dublin’s busy O’Connell Street became a parking lot a week ago when Irish farmers and truck drivers parked their tractors and trucks on its River Liffey bridge to protest nationwide …

Al Ries and Jack Trout are considered America’s foremost marketing strategists, where their seven solo- and co-authored books are bestsellers. Three of their books became standard readings for my …

We are in the fourteenth week of the legislative session, and we continued debating throughout the week, working with the House on bills going back and forth between our chambers. With our 100-day …

Politics is a dirty game, but does it have to be? We should be used to it by now, but thankfully we’re not so numb to its tactics that we can still find them distasteful, disgusting, immoral and …

Abby Elsbernd from the Quad Cities was glad to learn that the revered and recently retired football coach at Northern Iowa, Mark Farley, is known as the “walk-on from Waukon.” The Grinnell …

“What a world, what a world,” cried the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz. We can utter that same cry every day, every day. What kind of a world is it where a president and his …

Winnie the Pooh turns 100 years old this year. Not bad for A Bear of Very Little Brain, as he was wont to describe himself. My folks introduced me to Pooh some 80 years ago, about 20 years after his …

In its program-slashing, 2027 Department of Agriculture budget plan, the White House hoped to head off sure-to-come complaints by tying spending cuts to that handy whipping boy, big, bad government. …

After spending Easter weekend with our families, the 13th week of session was busy as we talked about important issues in the Iowa Senate. One of the big issues debated this week was House File 2254, …

If you steal from taxpayers, you should go to prison. It's as simple as that. But in Iowa, that's not what happens. Public dollars meant for schools, roads, and public safety have been …

Iowa has proven something many states are still struggling to figure out: you don't have to choose between public safety, accountability, and rehabilitation. You can have all three. Iowa's …

My name is Don Johannsen. I am a landowner in Cherokee County affected by the proposed Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline, which would travel 1,070 miles across Iowa and transport captured carbon …

Ashley Hinson and Randy Feenstra might regret hitching their wagons to Donald Trump’s star. It could turn out to be the Hindenburg. Rep. Hinson says she is honored to fight beside Trump …

As waterfowl move through, avian flu again floats to the fore. Dr. James Roth, recently retired dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Iowa State University, reminded us with a 2024 essay he …

I’m tired of being held hostage. Aren’t you? This guy, bulldozing democracy with the same unconcern that he ravaged East Wing, says we have plenty of our own oil. In one breath, he says that we …

In the movie version of “To Kill a Mockingbird,” attorney Atticus Finch’s young daughter Scout says to a schoolmate of hers at dinner, “What in the Sam Hill are you doing?” It’s the same …

It may be a surprise that last year’s biggest ag story — tariffs — was swept off today’s front pages by even bigger news: a Middle East war, its sharply higher fuel and fertilizer prices and …

We are in the final weeks of this year’s legislative session. While we continue debating bills, we are covering several topics brought to us by constituents, inspired by recent events in our state, …

Interesting that IRFA's Monte Shaw (Letter to the Editor, April 2, 2026) portrays landowners wishing to protect property rights as “noise.” He refers to a “supermajority” of landowners …

President Trump took over the TV to tell the world that he intends to bomb Iran back into the Stone Age. God Bless America. And YABADABADOO! I had been thinking that I might be losing my …