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By Pat Bowen, Iowa City In America, voters pick our leaders, our leaders do not pick and choose which voices to heed and which to silence. Americans turned out in record numbers and elected Joe Biden by an overwhelming margin of more than 5.7 million votes and with 306 electoral votes. Trump could not keep […]
By Mike Fallon, Iowa City Please hold Governor Reynolds accountable. Excusing Reynolds does not help those in need, quite the opposite. Good investigative journalism shines a bright and much-needed light on leaders that shirk their responsibilities and endanger the lives of others. We’ve struggled with the virus since March, many continue to die. Revealing Reynolds’ […]
By Marilyn Wessels-Elvers Please stop hating on Governor Reynolds. It does not help your end goal, quite the opposite. Do we all really sit at the end of our chairs to see what she says next, so we know what to do? We have been at this since March, we all know what we need […]
Editor’s note: The author of this letter has been verified as a nurse at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, but has chosen to remain anonymous to protect their job. After months of quietly feeling the realities of the pandemic both in my home and work life, this morning I came across a Facebook post […]
By Olivia Lieberman, age 10, Iowa City Hello. My name is Olivia and I’m writing about the number 13 and why people think 13 is bad, specifically Friday the 13th. Did you know that there is a phobia named after fear of the number 13, called triskaidekaphobia? Fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskevidekatriaphobia. […]
By Chad Cooper, Cedar Rapids The Iowa Democratic Party has had a rough year. First, the bungling of last February’s caucuses, and now a dismal showing in races across the state on Nov. 3. The elevation and financial backing of moderate, middle-of-the-road candidates clearly isn’t a winning strategy. It’s not effectively motivating progressives or swinging […]
By Aradia Wyndham, Iowa City Getting my apartment at Augusta Place was like winning the lottery, literally. I won my apartment in a lottery of low-income units in this building due to medical disability. While I considered this an amazing opportunity for me to live in a more accessible new home, the most visible of […]
By Mike Fallon, Iowa City Despite the gargantuan and grossly expensive effort to resuscitate college football, the University of Iowa Hawkeyes lost their season opener. Losing a season opener, in the midst of the swirl of chaos, litigation and stresses of moral incertitude, is a fine example of irony. Recall that one definition of irony […]
By Paul Deaton, Solon As Election Day approaches, coronavirus dominates the news and the lives of many who live in House District 73. I voted early for Lonny Pulkrabek as state representative and recommend you vote for him too. Pulkrabek will engage with other legislators to do something about spread of COVID-19 in Iowa. Given […]
By Kathleen Darling, West Branch Mr. Kaufmann has not earned my trust or my vote. He does have a gift for saying the right thing according to the audience. After I visited several town hall meetings I found his responses evasive, dismissive and misleading. For example, in Clarence when public workers present raised concerns of […]
By James C. Folk, Iowa City Ten years ago, it was odd that Iowa House District 73 was drawn with straight edges and an attractive wandering line along the Iowa River. Perhaps the artist’s hand shook a bit as he drew the southern boundary. It was suddenly interrupted, adding a tiny, jagged appendage that just […]
By Pat Bowen, Iowa City Voting is a sacred act, a way to shape public policy and transition our communities so they work for all of us. Our state and country are places where every vote should count. No matter what you look like, how much money you have or where you come from, it […]
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