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The raging battle about the budget has focused even more attention on how taxes are spent, and that’s good. Although we question the strong-arm approach, we have to give the tea party activists credit for …
The government is starting to phase out incandescent light bulbs, and a recent NPR story quoted a woman who said she objected to the government telling her what she can and can’t buy. Objected vociferously.…
OMG, it’s just TMI. Technology-driven information is flooding our consciousness in ways we are not emotionally, psychologically or anatomically equipped to handle. And we’re learning that the influx of information coming in at a rate …
A strong panel of business people got together last week as part of the preparations for the upcoming Iowa Education Summit, and they focused on the K-12 portion of our school system.
Bankers Trust Co. …
Now is the time to think about going back to school – for professionals. The University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication is responding to the business community’s needs by offering two classes …
Well, there goes my million-dollar idea. Some guy in Las Vegas is operating “Dig This,” a theme park for adults who always wanted to operate heavy machinery. For a hefty admission price, people can tool …
Business interests had reason to expect a lot from the Iowa Legislature in 2011, and Republican leaders encouraged them to do so. And yet, despite an extraordinarily long session and a bulldog approach to negotiation …
Some of our nation’s biggest corporations are planning a tax holiday, and they want you to pick up the tab.
You already pay for their routine tax avoidance through the use of tax havens in …
Short-term solutions are no way to handle problems, Thomas Hoenig told a Des Moines audience last week. Hoenig is the retiring president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City and a 20-year veteran of …
The Swirling Vortex of Doom was a bizarre occurrence in Louisiana in 1980, when a drilling rig on a shallow lake accidentally punched a hole into a salt mine. Before the excitement ended, a river’s …
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