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As we head into the new year, Iowa’s economy appears more solid than it has been for some time, according to the Iowa Department of Revenue’s Iowa Leading Economic Index.
The index, despite its name, …
One of the more insidious spinoffs of digital technology is the customer satisfaction survey.
I regularly receive emails from merchants, mechanics, medical professionals and others I do business with asking me to rate their actions. …
Republicans have promised to reduce Iowans’ property taxes this year, and therein lies a problem.
Iowa’s property tax system is the product of more than four decades of effort. Any significant changes are likely to …
“When did the middle finger become acceptable in polite conversation?” I asked my friend K.C. when I saw him on a blustery day at the John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park.
“Why do you ask?” …
I stopped smoking for the third, and nearly final, time on Sept. 23, 1973.
Two previous attempts at quitting had resulted in brief periods of abstention followed by increased voracity.
I picked up the habit …
These are strange economic times.
Bankruptcy filings are at record lows, even as the numbers of homeless and food-insecure Iowans climb.
Those contradictory trends are just two of the things I noticed on a drive-by …
Frank Miller drew editorial cartoons for the Des Moines Register for nearly 30 years before his death in 1983. Much of his humor was delivered with a sly wink that regular readers understood and appreciated. …
Elections have consequences.
Sometimes they are immediate and obvious.
For example, one assumes that after Gov. Kim Reynolds led the Republican Party to a crushing victory this year, she will get just about anything she …
Golf in Des Moines got off to a quick start 125 years ago when a dozen men met at a sporting goods store on a Tuesday evening in 1897 and voted to form the Golf …
Two recent stories about research in Iowa produced opposite reactions. One gave me a sense of pride and hope; the other, disappointment and concern.
First, the good news.
A California startup with operations in Ames …
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