The Iowa Water and Land Legacy constitutional amendment was approved by 63% of voters in 2010 to fund various conservation efforts —water qual…
Across the country, communities have formed port designations that stretch for tens, even hundreds, of miles.
As for trade victories, the resurrection of the Export-Import Bank should give an immediate boost to Midwestern companies, including smaller a…
Reprinted from the Quad-City Times Jan. 8.
The U.S. attack that killed Iranian military leader Qasem Soleimani was yet another reminder that Congress has ceded the ability to declare wa…
According to ESPN, the highest paid employee in 28 states is a football coach, while basketball rules in 12 others.
Reprinted from the Des Moines Register Jan. 1.
Australia is on fire. Not all of it — but so far, flames have engulfed some 12 million acres, more than the land mass of Vermont and New Hamps…
The Pandora’s box that is the Mideast was flung wide open this past week as Iranian and U.S. forces exchanged deadly attacks, culminating in t…
Democratic presidential candidates’ exorbitant spending programs to cure social ills and President Donald Trump’s 2016 promise of tax cuts as …
An extensive government review of the war in Afghanistan shows “the American people have constantly been lied to.”
Editor’s note: The following editorial, among the most famous ever written, appeared in The New York Sun in 1897 and remains appropriate for t…
For much of the past two years, ominous clouds have hung over America’s trade relations with the rest of the world. It’s too soon to forecast …
In 20 years at the helm of the University of Iowa football program, John Hayden Fry, who passed away Monday at 90, made an indelible impression.
Reprinted from the Dec. 15 Dallas Morning News.
It just seems like old news: Russia is caught cheating, shifts the blame, plants disinformation and hacks accounts.
Iowa farmers and manufacturers relying on exports have good reason to celebrate now that the Trump administration and majority House Democrats…
Reprinted from the Sioux City Journal Dec. 5.
The fingerprints of President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, are on virtually every aspect of the Ukraine scandal at the cente…
Just when you thought Congress was incapable of finding bipartisan agreement on anything, the House passed the TRACED Act — an acronym masking…
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The “terrorist” label is a dangerous one because it very often serves to de-legitimize groups that have justifiable reasons for fighting back …
President Xi Jinping is eating a lot of crow these days, while his fellow Chinese are consuming far less pork. Iowa farmers would love to rect…
The earnings outlook released by Deere & Co. last week confirmed again what has long been a concern for us about the U.S. trade war with C…
Sanders has released a plan that includes immediately filling nearly 50,000 vacancies within the VA, spending $62 billion (yes, billion with a…
Those who remember the late State Rep. Marv Diemer of Cedar Falls know he’d be smiling from ear to ear right now.
Make your own nostalgia this holiday shopping season. You can’t do it by tapping a keyboard or clicking a mouse.
There is plenty of misfortune in the world. The Thanksgiving holiday, however, is a time to reflect upon the positives in our lives.
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