Posted January 03, 2022in Stray Thoughts
Something came out of Colorado last week besides images of the destruction from a rapidly developing wildfire that roared through the area between Denver and Boulder.The fires consumed upwards of [...]
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Posted December 27, 2021in Stray Thoughts
Minnesota and its government officials delivered an important lesson recently on how to provide justice — and their lesson should be taken to heart by their neighbors in Iowa.The contrast [...]
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Posted December 20, 2021in Stray Thoughts
When I walked out the door at the Des Moines Register for the final time on Dec. 12, 2014, there was an unfinished piece of work tucked away in a [...]
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Posted December 13, 2021in Stray Thoughts
The past couple of years have been challenging for Iowa’s 327 public school districts.Parents have become very engaged with their schools — and enraged, too, at times. This has revolved [...]
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Posted December 09, 2021in Stray Thoughts
The death Sunday of Robert Dole was a potent reminder of what we have lost as a nation. Another member of the Greatest Generation has left us — another of [...]
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Posted December 01, 2021in Stray Thoughts
It is telling that no objections were lodged against the two Johnston High School books until this school year. There’s a big birthday coming up in Iowa in about a [...]
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Posted November 29, 2021in Stray Thoughts
When you have orbited the sun as many times as I have, people sometimes want to tap into the insights you have gathered through the years. Young journalists and newsroom [...]
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Posted November 15, 2021in Stray Thoughts
You have to marvel at the capacity of the human spirit — especially the ability of people who remain optimistic and upbeat in the face of challenges most of us [...]
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Posted October 25, 2021in Stray Thoughts
The Iowa Legislature’s “To Do” list should be a little longer after last week. And people need to contact their senators and representatives in the Legislature to make sure they [...]
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Posted October 18, 2021in Stray Thoughts
The requirements for becoming a teacher were always straightforward: Earn a college degree in education, take enough classes in your area of specialty, practice your teaching skills for a semester [...]
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