Twitter at ten years reshapes dialogue and civility
A guest editorial reflects on a decade of Twitter from San Francisco birth to global impact. It credits real time trends and wide reach for politics sports and culture while noting both positive connection and public shaming. It questions whether this platform will endure while civility remains essential.
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Community Letters Highlight Campaign Tactics and Parade Band Fees
A Cedar Rapids reader criticizes campaign spins and praises Senator Grassley for upholding constitutional advice and consent. Another letter from Mary Knapp laments lack of local parade bands and notes a $50 entrance fee. she would pay to keep bands local.
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Mary F. Knapp
Campus lunacy and glimmers of hope in a divided academia
Walter E Williams surveys campus dynamics from Brown protests to Rutgers free speech stand, Stanford’s president choice, and Missouri firings. He frames student activism, campus censorship, and donor pressure as tests of academic backbone and openness, noting mixed signals of progress amid conflict.
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Robert Barchi
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Marc Tessier-Lavigne
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Stanford Political Journal
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University of Missouri System
Melissa Click
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Water fund split and muddy politics hit Iowa water plan
In 2010 Iowa voters approved a constitutional water quality trust fund. Legislators debate funding sources as Gov Branstad seeks to repurpose school tax revenue, while Republicans push a plan that funds water utilities but omits farm pollution remedies. Critics say the fund may remain unfunded, stalling progress.
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Terry Branstad
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David Johnson
Rochevedan
Des Moines
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