7 Christmas wishes for Iowa’s children
In writing out my Christmas wishes for Iowa’s children, I thought I would focus on what gifts we Iowans can offer to our kids — what I wish for our [...]
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Posted December 06, 2017in Guest Commentary
Posted November 01, 2017in Guest Commentary
Close calls
CITYVIEW magazine asked its Facebook readers: “Is North Korea the ‘biggest threat to humankind’?” Nov. 9, 1979, 2 a.m.: In the depths of the Strategic Air Command’s underground bunker in [...]
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Posted September 06, 2017in Guest Commentary
An elegy for the Fourth and Court parking lot
These days as I drive east into the downtown area, I marvel at how fast the new Kum & Go headquarters is coming together. I give a mental hello to [...]
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Posted August 18, 2017in Guest Commentary
48 hour film project
Three-dozen hobbyist filmmakers compete in the 13th annual 48 Hour Film Project, a hurried competition to write, film and complete a short film. It took 15 years for James Cameron’s [...]
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Posted May 03, 2017in Guest Commentary
The making of a newspaperman
How Art Cullen won a Pulitzer Editor’s Note: The following is an April 19 column from Art Cullen, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his editorial writing in The Storm [...]
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Posted February 01, 2017in Guest Commentary
Why your daughter, sister, wife, mom, fellow human marched
“I’ve been raped.” “(The Affordable Care Act) saved my life.” “My pussy is not up for grabs.” Around the country, around the world and around Iowa this weekend, women put [...]
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Posted November 02, 2016in Guest Commentary
The American Dream: Jobs or justice?
As we come to terms with election results — and the frustration or despair with the 2016 campaigns — here are three topics worth considering: 1. How will we define [...]
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Posted October 05, 2016in Guest Commentary
The Olympics: Citius, Altius, Fortius and, of course, Litigium
While the Olympic motto “Faster, Higher, Stronger” is familiar, we also should acknowledge that Litigium — Latin for dispute, controversy or distress — is no stranger to the podium either. [...]
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Posted August 31, 2016in Guest Commentary
It’s not only candidates whose word should be questioned. Consider comments we utter, too.
Taking people at their word can be risky. That’s why we question what folks running for public office say. But we might also consider some comments we utter on occasion. [...]
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Traditional network stations don’t usually report their lower viewership.
I’m amazed at how the traditional, over-the-air, television networks consistently report that “newspapers are dead.” Their anchors report that story time and again, but never report their own losses in [...]
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