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The Elbert Files: A short history of electric cars

This Wall Street Journal headline caught my wife’s eye at breakfast recently: “Electric Cars Will Be Here Sooner Than You Expect.”  

The article offered several reasons, including this: “Hy-Vee Inc., a chain of 241 …

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Guest Opinion: Where is the positivity?

By Angela L. Walker Franklin | President, Des Moines University


In January 2016 I rang in the New Year by reciting the “Optimist Creed.” Although I am not a member of Optimist InternationaI, I have…
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Guest Opinion: Where is the positivity?

By Angela L. Walker Franklin | President, Des Moines University


In January 2016 I rang in the New Year by reciting the “Optimist Creed.” Although I am not a member of Optimist InternationaI, I have…
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Guest Opinion: What would Louise do?

By Kristin Griffith | Executive director, Young Women’s Resource Center
When I imagine Louise Rosenfield Noun, the leader of a group of visionary women who founded the Young Women’s Resource Center (YWRC), I envision a…
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The Elbert Files: Raise taxes for greedy EpiPen

The controversy over the EpiPen’s huge price increases is an example of what my friend K.C. likes to say is “another reason we need to raise taxes.”

I know that sounds strange. Let me explain.…

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Guest Opinion: Why men should attend female leadership events

  BY CHRIS LORANG | Owner, Capital Chiropractic & Rehabilitation Center
Greater Des Moines is lucky to be home to many Chamber of Commerce programs that make our community stronger.   One that I look…
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The Elbert Files: A look ahead for investors

The financial markets have been unusually quiet recently. In fact, the Wall Street Journal reported Aug. 23 that the previous 30 days had been “the least volatile of any 30-day period in more than two …

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Guest Opinion: Leadership lessons from a toddler

BY JESSICA MALDONADO | Public affairs manager, PolicyWorks LLC


Every time I am on the phone with my toddler and ask where he is, his answer is simply “right here.”


It took hearing this multiple…
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Guest Opinion: Professional development from the school of hard knocks

BY TERRI MORK SPEIRS |  Director of marketing and communications, Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center
Recently the board of my professional group, Association of Women in Communications (AWC), sat around a table discussing our upcoming…
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Guest Opinion: Leadership lessons from a toddler

BY JESSICA MALDONADO | Public affairs manager, PolicyWorks LLC


Every time I am on the phone with my toddler and ask where he is, his answer is simply “right here.”


It took hearing this multiple…