The inequality gap
How much money is enough for America’s top executives? The AFL-CIO just released compensation comparisons showing the average CEO pay is now 335 times that of the average worker. The [...]
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Posted May 25, 2016in Your View
Posted May 18, 2016in Your View
The Party of Lincoln is about to crown a con artist
It’s certainly fascinating and very amusing watching the Republican Party attempting to justify, accept and unify around Donald Trump. From the very beginning of the Trump campaign, most Republican [...]
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Posted May 11, 2016in Your View
Increase the minimum wage
The Polk County Supervisors voted in April to appoint a task force to study increasing the minimum wage countywide. The current minimum wage in Iowa is $7.25 for hourly [...]
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Posted May 04, 2016in Your View
Preservation of historical documents is No. 1 priority I am concerned about the proposal to spend $80 million to renovate the State Historical Building on Locust Street. As I understand [...]
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Posted April 27, 2016in Your View
Reducing the size of the Iowa State Historical Building is absurd
Duffy’s so great! He’s right on about the dismantling of the State Historical Building and Library in Des Moines (Duffy’s View, April 14). His suggestion to throw out the [...]
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Posted April 20, 2016in Your View
Catastrophe for the Supreme Court
Over the long history of the Supreme Court, senators from both political parties have often challenged the nominees from the opposing parties. They have filibustered them, mounted massive efforts [...]
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Posted April 06, 2016in Your View
Will Bill’s sex scandals hurt Hillary Clinton?
The answer is no. Why? People don’t care if public figures are exposed for doing what the electorate is doing without the accompanying publicity. Right-wing fundamentalists are willing to publicize [...]
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Posted April 01, 2016in Your View
Change of mind After all the letters to editor that have run in Cityview responding to my many letters to the editor over the years, I have had a [...]
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Posted March 23, 2016in Your View
Playing the “What if…” game
Civic Skinny painted a powerful “What if” column about Neal and Bea Smith. After being denied equal pay for equal jobs early in their careers, the road they chose eventually [...]
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Posted March 16, 2016in Your View
Republicans refuse to create jobs
It’s time for a pro-job agenda. In 2011 Rep. Paul Ryan presented a six-page plan to create jobs in which only generalities were presented, while President Obama had presented to [...]
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