Opinion

Have you ever wondered how downtown Des Moines got to where it is today?

The changes in recent decades are breathtaking. In the last 10 years alone, they include entertainment venues that stretch from the …

Even though the summer Olympics are over for another four years, I still find myself reflecting on this summer’s many “Olympic moments.”

I particularly liked watching the interaction between the coaches and athletes. Together, they …

Martha Washington and Abigail Adams were smart businesswomen. One can argue that Martha’s business sense was at least as good as our first president’s and that Abigail had a far better head for business than …

My neighbor Kent Mauck has a talent – his wife calls it a curse – for restoring older, underappreciated commercial buildings.

By underappreciated, I mean buildings that no one else wants, like the two-story storefront …

When President Obama visited Iowa last summer, he spoke of the importance of strengthening our rural communities and encouraging economic development. One of the keys to this effort is access to the Internet and other …

The Iowa Lottery is allowed by law to spend up to 4 percent of gross revenue on marketing. With sales last year of roughly $310 million, that gave the Lottery a marketing budget of up …