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Register columnist: The ruling majority apparently won't rest until it has stripped every reasonable restriction on owning, buying or carrying a gun. → Read More
From the commentary: So do the research and vet these ads before believing them. And to poor Mrs. Smith, please get a real doctor, and take heart that your drug prices should actually go down. Unless, of course, you're diabetic. → Read More
Summary: I've not been good at pursuing relationships virtually, but I'm learning by watching the Padmanabhans manage theirs with Kavi from a distance. He and I will also need to find a way to keep the closeness we've developed after I go back to Des Moines. This, after all, is the price of… → Read More
Register columnist: Keep the extra hour of evening sunlight year-round? Thank goodness Republicans and Democrats are coming together on this. → Read More
Summary: So not only does the Republican Party signal a continued lurch to the extreme right with conspiracy theorists representing it, but it risks becoming obsolete in a nation where communities of color will soon be in the majority. → Read More
This is about knowing whether to stick with meaningful work you've been doing a (very) long time and feel you've mastered, or call it quits. → Read More
"That is not normal. That's not what we do in America," Iowa state Sen. Jack Whitver declared emphatically on a recent "Iowa Press" TV show. → Read More
Rekha Basu: Former Register cartoonist "Ding" Darling is namesake for a Florida refuge where birds, fish and mangrove all have functions and quirks. → Read More
Until the president and governors stop pandering to businesses and conspiracy theorists, numbers will keep rising. → Read More
Young people are returning to rural Iowa to raise families after living, interacting with other groups - and stirring old-timers to broaden their view → Read More
The rental company knew some tenants were struggling to make payments on their apartments. So it's giving them May for free. → Read More
An Indian-born doctor trained in a U.S. residency program who works in an underserved part of Iowa faces a 55- year wait for permanent U.S. residency. → Read More
The donations from the longtime Newton charity total $1.125 million. Foundation board members did not respond to requests for comment. → Read More
From calling it tamer than the flu to planning a rally when health officials discourage crowds, Trump undermines legitimate coronavirus concerns. → Read More
Democratic candidates for president are learning the folly of ignoring black voters and their priorities, writes Rekha Basu. → Read More
If a tree falls and no one hears it, did it make a noise? If a president subverts the law without penalty and claims victory, did he win? → Read More
Which presidential candidate said: "What you shouldn't be doing is just going over the fence to give your dictator next door a hot dish.” Take my test. → Read More
Complaints about irregularities in 2016 Democratic caucus vote counts spawned changes this year. But criticisms of Iowa's first-place status grow. → Read More
Biden needed to show he can sway younger voters. Sanders needed to overcome a reported woman-can't-win comment. Warren needed to show she's relatable. → Read More
I believe Lucy Flores.I also believe Joe Biden.Those are the easy parts, since the facts about what happened between them in 2014, when Biden was helping Flores campaign for lieutenant governor of Nevada, aren't in dispute. Biden says he doesn't remember, but neither does he deny her claims. → Read More