Anyone who spends time doing kitchen prep has favorite tools or appliances, and no two people’s will be the same. Three of mine are so low-tech as to be laughable, but I would be lost without them. …

Come July, Iowa employers may want to add an ominous warning on their job application forms: tell a lie and you could go to jail. That’s right — no more puffing the resume with false degrees …

As the nation prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday this year, it seems worthwhile to consider how closely we’ve hewed to the Founders’ vision for their new creation, and likewise how far …

Ronald Reagan once said: “If you want more of something, subsidize it; if you want less of something, tax it.” If this simple principle still holds true, state lawmakers are telling us …

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 …

Iowa’s high school graduation rate increased half of a percentage point, reaching 88.8% for the graduating class of 2025, according to figures released today by the Iowa Department of Education. …

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 …

It’s good that county officials heard the public and decided to use the Storm Lake Marina as a marina and not for conservation department offices. An overwhelming number of people surveyed by a …

Well, Trump really stepped in it when he trashed Pope Leo XIV last week. Da Pope from Chicago had the gall to say that war is bad and Jesus doesn’t like it. Trump went ballistic. He told Pope …

“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. …

Springtime a couple of years ago we lost two old-timers in our neighborhood. They were showing their age, but it sure looked like they had a lot of good years left. They still waved to the kids when …

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, …

The Iowa Department of Transportation is again warning consumers of recent text phishing scams that is occurring across the country this spring. Citizens are receiving fraudulent text messages that …

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 …

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 …