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William Morrison, creator of the first practical electric car in 1890, may be Des Moines’ most underappreciated inventor.
His battery technology work was widely heralded at the time, and the dozen electric cars he designed …
The era of downtown movie theaters is over.
Problems associated with the stalled high-rise project at Fifth Avenue and Walnut Street mark the end of long-standing efforts to return movie theaters to downtown Des Moines. …
Iowa needs more wealth.
Few would argue with that statement.
But when it comes to achieving it, many refuse to consider one obvious solution, raising the minimum wage.
That’s too bad because failing to act …
The gap between urban and rural Iowa has widened markedly in recent years.
Iowa State University economist David Swenson explored one aspect of the divide last year when he compared employment growth in urban …
“Who would have thought?”
The question came from deep inside the furry hood of an oddly yellow parka. The long canary-colored coat sat atop a pair of five-buckle galoshes and was approaching from the east …
In a recent column about the future of food, I noted the lack of imagination in Iowa’s two-crop rotation of corn and soybeans, much of which is grown for fuel.
The column prompted Thomas Dorr …
Forty years ago, Archer Daniels Midland Co. announced plans to build the world’s largest ethanol plant in Des Moines. Ground was never broken and ADM’s elaborate plans soon faded, but four decades later that announcement …
When I saw a recent Fortune magazine article titled “Women accounted for 100% of the 140,000 jobs shed by the U.S. economy in December,” I did a double take. One hundred percent? How could that …
Historian Jill Lapore traces the origin of climate-change science to two events during the 1960s. One was the discovery that above-ground testing of nuclear weapons was depleting the earth’s protective ozone layer; the other was …
“Boy, were you wrong,” said a muffled voice that approached from the east as I neared Terrace Hill on my daily walk. Beneath the furry hood and orange scarf, I could barely make out the …
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