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Time has passed Iowa’s tax credit system by, and the time has come for a change.
Part of what’s so insidious about the conservative assault on critical race theory is how it exploits a deep-seated rift in the Democratic coa…
Episode 17: The hosts also debate whether teens should be able to get vaccinated without their parents’ consent and discuss a study that shows…
Opinion: When we take care of our waters, we take care of ourselves.
SPRINGFIELD – As demonstrators in Havana marched through the streets this month waving U.S. flags, George Ryan sat in his Kankakee home, watch…
Hosts Alison Dagnes and Lawrence Eppard are joined by economists Heidi Hartmann and Ariane Hegewisch to discuss the gender pay gap in the Unit…
We live in ignorant times.
Sustainable agriculture is having its political moment.
Jim Nowlan has been a state House member, senior aide to three unindicted Illinois governors, and former chair of the Illinois Executive Ethic…
The last mile of a marathon is no time to slow down.
Nobody wants to snack on plastic bags or soda rings, but according to a 2019 study from the University of Newcastle, we could be consuming rou…
In Homer’s “Iliad,” the story of the war between the ancient Greeks and Trojans, the Greeks used a secret weapon, the Trojan horse, to vanquis…
It’s been a full six months since I last reported to the office and worked my final day on the job. What have I learned from this sudden abund…
The U.S. military is retreating from Afghanistan as the Taliban make rapid gains across the country. It recently slipped away from the key Bag…
The Utterly Moderate podcast: NASA & Nimoy & Nukes, Oh My! (w/guests Varoujan Gorjian & Carl Zimmer)
Hosts Alison Dagnes and Lawrence Eppard are joined by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory researcher Varoujan Gorjian and New York Times columnist …
Here you go:
RURAL AMERICA – I’ve seen this cat for the past year or two, hunting mice in the field in front of my house, feral, calico and small. I have n…
After a full year in semi-isolation, I find it easier to remain in a somewhat meditative state rather than be up and doing. It’s a condition t…
Among the many books which clutter my home, you will find an unseemly number devoted to quotations. I have always been fascinated by these ver…
Zalmay Niazy shouldn't be forced out of the United States and back to his native Afghanistan, and it’s mystifying this de facto death sentence…
The latest cyberattack, apparently emanating from Russia again, has hit at least 20 software firms affecting at least 1,000 businesses. It fol…
The article appearing in the Quad-City Times last week regarding the Chris Godfrey decision is worthy of comment. For a significant portion of…
The Dispatch-Argus wrote last month of "an altercation among large groups of people," during which nearly 80 shots were fired in Davenport's R…
The security situation in Afghanistan is deteriorating, prompting many to second-guess President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops …
Nothing is more annoying in public policy than people who complain but don’t offer solutions.
Six months ago today, Americans tried to overturn an election.
