Editorial: Preserve Iowa's Independent Judiciary
The Gazette urges maintaining an independent Iowa Supreme Court amid debate over same sex marriage rulings. It warns against direct elections for justices, political retention votes, and constitutional conventions that could politicize the court. Preservation of precedent and constitutional interpretation is essential for public trust.
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Iowa Supreme Court
Iowa
Supreme Court
Statehouse
Iowa Judicial Building
Des Moines
Hail the rotation of power in American politics
The author argues that power rotation nationalizes and legitimizes policies across parties, citing New Deal, Reaganism, Clinton reforms, and Bush anti terror policies. He notes Democrats now defend measures they once opposed, while acknowledging stops and starts yet praising democracy and social stability from reform cycles.
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Dwight Eisenhower
Bill Clinton
Obama
Jihad Jane shows terror cuts across all colors and creeds
The piece argues that Jihad Jane, Colleen LaRose, used online recruiting to aid extremist aims and planned to marry a conspirator. It emphasizes terrorism transcends gender and ethnicity and supports federal action against her and others involved, challenging profiling practices.
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Cal Thomas
Ann Coulter
Kathleen Parker
Main Street
USA
Philadelphia
Pennsburg
Richard Reid
Jose Padilla
John Walker Lindh
Colleen R. LaRose
Sweden
Pennsylvania
The Flood Model Speaks on Cedar Rapids Flood Risk
An interview with The Model, the Army Corps of Engineers flood cost benefit tool, reveals it finds Cedar Rapids flood protection not cost effective given 50 year risk and 2008 losses. It dismisses external data and climate change, advocating limited ring levee defenses around downtown areas.
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Army Corps of Engineers
Model
Cedar Rapids
University of Iowa
Nixon
Quaker
Cargill
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