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Political Polling: Understanding what the numbers really mean and don't mean
The public opinion polling business originated in Iowa nine decades ago when the son of a Jefferson dairy farmer set out to help his mother-in-law get…
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How protests against civilian deaths in a war led to an epidemic of anti-Semitism
Many who have looked closely at the college campus demonstrations in America this spring have identified moral outrage among students regarding the…
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Kristi Noem: Why South Dakota's governor wrote about killing their family pup, Cricket, and leaving him in a gravel pit
I've decided that Gov. Kristi Noem knew full well what she was doing in writing about this incident and decided to do it anyway -- a calculated risk…
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The U.S. Campus Demonstrations . . . Hamas, Iran, Hezbollah are Celebrating
When the postmortem is conducted on the anti-Isreali demonstrations on American college campuses this spring, the findings are likely to include items…
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An Independent candidate for the Senate: Challenging convention and attracting attention in Nebraska
The last Independent to represent Nebraska in the U. S. Senate was George W. Norris, who switched his party affiliation in 1937 after serving four terms…
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How the Okoboji area almost became a part of a state not named Iowa
It would have changed everything
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The war on Hamas: Why Israel is losing
Israel’s war against Hamas is all but over. Hamas has won. Israel has lost. Hamas’s goal was to do no more than provoke a war with Israel that would…
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Vaccinations: Truth, misinformation, and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Some of the greatest and most transformative scientific achievements in history have been the discovery of ways to virtually eliminate many of the…
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Colder winters in Iowa actually prove that global warming is a reality
Iowa is positioned to play a special role in helping to reduce carbon in the atmosphere, which is the root cause of climate change
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Warmer weather at Okoboji: What it means for the lakes and those who use them
First of two columns: Our changing climate and how it affects Okoboji and Iowa. The ice on Spirit Lake went out this year on March 3. That is the…
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One family's 115-year history on West Okoboji: A place for memories and togetherness
How two unrelated violent deaths shaped the Okoboji futures of two families
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Anti-Semitism has shifted: It now comes largely from pro-Islamic individuals and groups
The recent Islamic-influenced anti-Semitic outbreak on college campuses in the U.S. has frightened large numbers of Jewish students and their families
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