Heiden ready to serve
I support Pat Heiden for Johnson County supervisor.
I have known and worked with Pat for more than 20 years. Pat has the personality, the dedication to community service, and...
RE: ‘Racist allegories in Disney films’
Keith Reed,
You can’t be serious. Are you attempting to find work at the Onion? I don’t know your work other than this one article, but I hope you...
Changing purple states to blue
The Bible is a book of human behavior. It’s the answer to making intransigent Republican senators “do their job,” of giving Judge Merrick Garland a fair hearing. My...
Don’t let politics dirty Iowa’s air
Growing up in Iowa, some of my fondest memories are of being outside enjoying clear skies and fresh air. I’m proud of where I’m from, especially now that...
A plausible conversation from the Iowa House of Representatives
“Madam Speaker Upmeyer: May the emeritus House District 60 representative have the floor?”
“The emeritus representative...
Blocking GOP intransigence
Republican Sens. Mitch McConnell and Chuck Grassley have promised that President Obama will not be allowed his constitutional duty to replace Supreme Court Justice Antonin...
Time for Grassley to go
Sen. Chuck Grassley has been part of Iowa’s congressional delegation since 1975. Over the course of his career, he’s done a lot of work for Iowans. I think it’s great that...
UI Symphony and IMU
Congratulations to the UI Symphony for an outstanding performance on Feb. 17. I’m not a bona fide music critic so I won’t get in over my head. But I know and love Brahms’ First...
Grassley’s obstruction of the Supreme Court
I agree with the Feb. 16 Des Moines Register editorial “Grassley’s Supreme Court stance is all about politics.” Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the...
By the people, for the people
The fly in the ointment of our republican form of government is a Republican-controlled Congress that thwarts government of the people, by the people, and for the people...
Animal-factory failure
A Jan. 30 Register editorial asked why candidates don’t talk about food. I would like to know why no one seems willing to talk about the failures of the industrial...
Harreld only a symptom
I’m not going to say that University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld isn’t corrupt, because we do not have strictly conclusive evidence to verify that. Nor will I say that he...
