Keep a dream alive on home ownership prompts debate
Editorial argues Iowa homeownership fell from 70 to 68.6 percent between 1990 and 1993 drawing attention to national trends. It discusses mortgage deductions, deficits, and policy options proposed by Common Cause and Concord Coalition. It urges preserving access to ownership while addressing fiscal concerns.
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Census Bureau
Iowa
America
Common Cause Magazine
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Common Cause
Treasury
Concord Coalition
Federal Ledger
California
Industry lessons lost on baseball amid stalemate
The piece argues that baseball's labor dispute mirrors industrial strikes but hurts both sides. It contrasts Labor and management in other sectors, noting today’s stoppage risks a lost season with no post-season, World Series, or resolved competition, urging a return to negotiated settlement.
World limits and the human future in a crowded planet
The piece traces the idea of limits from 1960s environmental warnings through political debate and the 1970s energy crisis to modern concerns about ozone damage and marine fish stocks. It weighs Malthusian population fears against critiques by Amartya Sen and Lester Brown, noting a complex balance between growth, technology, and ecological boundaries.
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Jimmy Carter
White House
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization
Earth
U.N
Cairo
Marquis de Condorcet
Thomas Malthus
Malthus
Europe
Lester Brown
Worldwatch Institute
Hal Kane
New York Review of Books
Amartya Sen
Har
Vard
Sen
Brown
Kane
Where's truth in the creation evolution debate
A guest columnist questions both creationists and evolutionists, arguing no conflict exists between the Bible and science if flood fossils and evolutionary theory are set aside. He outlines his Big Picture including an 8000 B C creation, a 6000 B C flood, and an ark model, while urging thoughtful, break from debate for a year. He credits The Gazette for impartial moderation.
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Eve
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Gazette
Branstad Opposed by Campbell in Iowa Governor Race
In a letter to the Gazette, Steven J. Rhinehart argues the race pits Terry Branstad favoring smaller government against Bonnie Campbell who he says supports higher taxes and more regulations. He accuses Campbell of courting Hollywood money and Hillary Clinton for support.
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Bonnie Campbell
Terry Branstad
Branstad's Buy Iowa Campaign Attacked for Political Gain
Critics question the Buy Iowa effort used by Gov. Terry Branstad against Fred Grandy. They accuse Branstad of exploiting the Emry death in speeches and a campaign ad without parental consent, blaming his out of state ad agency instead.
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Iowa
Terry Branstad
Fred Grandy
Emry
Branstad
Voices from the Past at Marion festival delights crowd
At Marion’s Swamp Fox Festival a new attraction Voices from the Past guides visitors through Marion history to the early 1800s. Actors portraying the deceased by graves earn praise for the respectful, informative tour and the Cherry Sisters act by Patsi Gann and Wendy Martinson drew laughs as fruit and vegetables flew.
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Cherry Sisters
Patsi Gann
Wendy Martinson
Dorothy Tucker
Hiawatha
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