When 100 residents show up at a meeting to weigh in on the city’s long-term planning and review designs for future parks and trails, that’s so…
The Shakespearean drama that just erupted in the Mideast kingdom of Jordan — involving an angry monarch, a spurned prince and an alleged coup …
You might remember a column I wrote in January of 2020 about the books I had read in 2019. I was all like, “Oh you really must keep a list of …
Opportunity sometimes starts with a nice haircut, but people in underserved communities cannot always travel for grooming. Waterloo resident W…
GALESBURG, Ill. — No sooner did the knees touch the floor than the politicians’ complaints started flying.
If the late Martin Luther King Jr. were to hold the Montgomery bus boycott today, would conservative politicians call him a “woke” activist pu…
As the community eyes a proposal that would remove a building from a historic conservation district to make room for a green space for Dubuque…
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According to an article in the April 9 issue of the TH, Gov. Kim Reynolds has rejected a request from federal authorities to find homes for un…
Usually, I am delighted when Iowa gets national attention, but that has not been the case lately.
Trudy Rubin’s recent column in the TH is a hyperbolic rant that is designed to get the public to hate Russia and China. The Military Industria…
In a letter on April Fools’ Day, Paul Hemmer blames Joe Biden and the Democrats for not wanting to spend $5 billion to build a wall. It seems …
Regarding Paul Hemmer’s letter on April 1, let me assure you that he was not fooling and believes what he said. I will remind you that he is t…
I know, from my days as features editor of my high school paper (way back when), that writing headlines isn’t easy.
