“Reasonable” is a word that is used often in Iowa’s laws. Reasonable fees. Reasonable rules. Reasonable efforts. Reasonable force.But events in recent weeks show government …

There was a news update over the weekend about two elderly Iowans who wandered away from different care centers last winter and froze to death. There is no question the deaths were horrible …

Growing up in Bloomfield in the 1950s and 1960s, I remember seeing empty coffee cans next to the cash registers in places like Ollie O’Briant’s drug store, Bill Tews’ coffee shop …

Televisions are getting larger, but that does not make it easier to decipher the political ads that are as common these days as gnats at a picnic.There is one thing we should understand about these …

These days, I stand in front of audiences and engage in what is politely called “public speaking” more often than even Mr. Gentry ever imagined when I showed up at his office door 55 …

  President Joe Biden’s decision to cancel up to $10,000 in federal student loans for many borrowers is fair game for vigorous debate — and disagreement.Americans have been …

Not all of the best medicine comes with a prescription from a physician.Don’t read this to mean I am advocating treating coronavirus with ivermectin, a drug more often used on horses. …

By Randy EvansPeople in the health care field have worked their tails off since the Covid pandemic hit Iowa with a vengeance in 2020.Doctors, nurses and all manner of technicians and support staff …

It is difficult for many of us to muster empathy for people accused of crimes who have complaints about the way police treated them.This lack of empathy probably occurs because ordinary folks do not …