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The Iowa Senate has 50 members, each representing a specific segment of state. Of those 50 members, eight are currently women. And, of those eight women, four are Republicans and four are Democrats. Although women comprise slightly more than half the state’s population, women currently hold only 16 percent of available Senate seats. Among Senate [...]

Four Iowa House members (two of them women) believe the Hawkeye State should follow Texas’ lead and set a prioritized system for distribution of family planning funds. The move is being advanced despite the fact that the Texas law, found to be a violation of the Social Security Act, has resulted in federal family planning [...]

I like to think that several months ago I stumbled into a controversy on Facebook. The truth is that while I may have flippantly added the comment that sparked the discussion, I’d been well aware of the disagreement. I don’t remember the original status or link that was posted, but I’m fairly sure Steve Deace [...]

A new brief by The Brookings Institution provides an in-depth look at the widespread U.S. problem of unintended pregnancy, its economic impact on society and what serves as cost-effective public policy to combat the issue. According to author Adam Thomas, nearly half of all pregnancies in the U.S. are unintended and some causal studies have [...]

The news isn’t good for the four leading Republican presidential hopefuls. A Washington Post-ABC News poll shows that Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich are viewed unfavorably by the American people. Romney is found either somewhat or strongly unfavorable by 45 percent of respondents (35 percent find him somewhat or strongly favorable [...]

Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart provided his perspective on the most recent hysteria uttered by Rush Limbaugh. I’ve embedded the 9-minute video segment below, but it can all pretty much be summed up in one sentence: “Personally, I don’t get too worked up about the things Rush Limbaugh says because he is, and has been for [...]

Dear powers-that-be at Cedar Rapids-based 600 WMT Radio and Clear Channel Communications, Although it pains me to do so, I’m writing to let you know that I will no longer be a listener of WMT and will be re-evaluating my listening support of all other stations in the Clear Channel network based on programming. Recent [...]

Imelda May singing Tainted Love: Now, take a deep breath because the stench of pay-to-play politics has been whipped with a little religion and fried up Iowa Fair style. Iowa’s own Steve Scheffler — an elected member of the Republican National Committee and leader of the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition (formerly Iowa Christian Alliance) [...]

According to the family rumor mill, many people were fooled into believing that I was reading at age two. The reality is far more lovely and rare. My older sister, who patiently presented Horton and a wealth of other characters day after day and night after night, was a carrier of a disease I’ve yet [...]

Viewers tuned into morning news shows Friday learned about a controversy that has been raging among feminists for the past several days. Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh has turned his ire on Sandra Fluke, a third-year law student at Georgetown University who was banned from testifying at a U.S. House committee hearing chaired by California [...]