Opening up and being vulnerable is the key to deepening a relationship. Ed Tibbetts and Suzanna de Baca give testament to that belief in their columns this week. RAGBRAI is entering its 50th year, and we have one of the ride’s co-hosts, Chuck Offenburger, to chronicle the milestone achievement.
Julie Gammack gives her personal experience of test-driving, and buying, an electric car and Iowa’s plans for expanding charging capability.
Doug Burns and Art Cullen write about Congressman Ro Khanna’s recent trip to Iowa.
Robert Leonard takes us through the behind-the-scenes process of how a column of his that appeared in Time evolved through the magazine editing process. He includes bits left on the cutting room floor and a photo of the stop sign near Oskaloosa, where he paused to respond to his editor.
John Naughton will have you thinking about driving to Kenosha for breakfast with just one line: walk in and waddle out. And our Midwest Creative, Macey Spensley, offers a list of regional road trip possibilities.
We have a smorgasbord of offerings today. You will enjoy reading from Waterloo folks doing presidential advance work, Laura Belin’s political reporting, and a speculative piece about how Iowa could follow in Tennessee’s recent path. Barry Piatt and Dave Busiek write about the Fox News versus Dominion Voting machine verdict, and Hola Iowa introduces us to a jazz musician.
Cheryl Tevis continues to inform and advocate for the children of Iowa, and elsewhere, through her thoughtful commentary. And Mary Swander touches on mental health issues in rural areas.
Fern and Joe are at it again, and have their readers chuckling.
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FERN AND JOE
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Art Cullen: Art Cullen’s Notebook, Storm Lake
Suzanna de Baca Dispatches from the Heartland, Huxley
Debra Engle: A Whole New World, Madison County
Julie Gammack: Julie Gammack’s Iowa Potluck, Des Moines and Okoboji
Joe Geha: Fern and Joe, Ames
Jody Gifford: Benign Inspiration, West Des Moines
Nik Heftman, The Seven Times, Los Angeles and Iowa
Beth Hoffman: In the Dirt, Lovilla
Dana James: New Black Iowa, Des Moines
Pat Kinney: View from Cedar Valley, Waterloo
Fern Kupfer: Fern and Joe, Ames
Robert Leonard: Deep Midwest: Politics and Culture, Bussey
Tar Macias: Hola Iowa, Iowa
Kurt Meyer, Showing Up, St. Ansgar
Kyle Munson, Kyle Munson’s Main Street, Des Moines
Jane Nguyen, The Asian Iowan, West Des Moines
John Naughton: My Life, in Color, Des Moines
Chuck Offenburger: Iowa Boy Chuck Offenburger, Jefferson and Des Moines
Barry Piatt: Piatt on Politics: Behind the Curtains, Washington, D.C.
Macey Spensley, The Midwest Creative, Davenport and Des Moines
Mary Swander: Mary Swander’s Buggy Land, Kalona
Mary Swander: Mary Swander’s Emerging Voices, Kalona
Cheryl Tevis: Unfinished Business, Boone County
Ed Tibbetts: Along the Mississippi, Davenport
Teresa Zilk: Talking Good, Des Moines
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