Iowa is setting up for a course correction one month out from the November midterm elections. The Republicans’ 10-year grip over the state’s politics is slipping. Iowa is aiming to elect a …

Rep. Ashley Hinson has been a loyal soldier for President Trump in Congress and a tireless partisan in the Second District. This week she voted in support of the war on Iran while her Republican …

A trip to Illinois and Indiana last week gave us a view of the economic future — and it doesn’t look pretty. Gasoline prices were $5 per gallon and diesel was going for as much as $7.28 …

Writer Wendell Berry died on Aug. 31. A smidge over two weeks later, writer Annie Dillard died at the age of 81. Compared to Berry, who was 92, she was a pup. They both wrote fiction, poetry, and …

When dealing with the Iowa Public Information Board, being a mind-reader helps. That is one takeaway from the board’s dismissal last week of a public-records complaint against Attorney General …

This year is the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America. It’s also the 150th anniversary of the closest America has ever come to a constitutional meltdown over the …

Iowa gets most of its income in the form of three types of taxes: income taxes, property taxes and sales taxes along with federal funds. Iowa has had a graduated, progressive tax rate system since …

“Brain rot” has become the perfect insult for Gen Z and Gen Alpha internet culture. Trends such as aura farming, looksmaxxing, mogging, and “6-7″ are sometimes described as meaningless, …

Growing up in the 1970s in beautiful, scenic and picturesque Storm Lake, I was fortunate in many different ways. My two older brothers, Kevin and Kent (Storm Lake High School classes of 1977 and …

As State Auditor, I’ve devoted the last eight years to uncovering waste, fraud and abuse of Iowans’ tax dollars, identifying, on average, more than $4.3 million in misused public funds each year …

The Nov. 3 midterm election is about seven weeks away. According to recent research, 27% of U.S. adults identify as Democrats, 27% as Republicans and 1% belong to a third party. This leaves a massive …

What is going on in college football? When did it become a “minor league” of the NFL? If you’re wondering what I mean, let’s take a quick look at what has happened to college football in past …

Growing up, organized sports consisted of Little League or high school baseball in the spring and summer. Fall and winter meant basketball since our school was too tiny for football.  No adult …

Your mother presses her call button, then again. No one comes. nnShe requires help getting out of bed, toileting, repositioning to address agonizing pressure ulcers, taking life-sustaining …

State revenue remained on the positive side of the ledger through two months of Fiscal Year 2027. According to the Legislative Services Agency, net receipts have increased by $102 million or 7.2% …

If you think that pinko Rob Sand will make a hash of Iowa, rest easy buckaroo. We’re tops in cancer and rooting around the bottom in economic performance. So things are not that great after 10 …

President Trump’s trade wars and shooting wars help provide clarity. Oil is killing us. It keeps us stuck in a permanent war in the Middle East. The trade war with China ruined soy export markets …

Donald Trump and his followers are crying wolf again, trying to scare Americans that Democrats are communists. They’re even trying it out on Rob Sand and Josh Turek, Democrats running for Iowa …

I recently read “Nobody’s Girl” by Virginia Roberts Giuffre. She was one of many young girls who were trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. It’s not a read I would easily …

Succession planning and public celebration typically accompany executive retirements. They provide for an orderly leadership transition and public acknowledgment of a job well done. So, two …