The chorus and lyrics of Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire” kept rattling around in my head this week. I’m not sure if it

Apparently there was a fight in the high school lunchroom. The principal asked many students and teachers who witnessed the fight to write down what

The gradual shift from calling to dating mirrored much of the change from rural to urban life in the early 20th century. In urban settings,

Iowa officially joined the United States in 1846, and fought on the side of the Union during the Civil War. Yet free public schools were

Living in a culture that praises consumption, it is difficult to recognize the pressure of materialism and the emptiness of spending. In 1882, Ellen Sardy,

I have to admit that the title was a turn off. For me, it conjured up saccharine stories in the vein of Chicken Soup for

Apparently pageants are still a thing. In the words of one of my favorite sportswriters, Frank DeFord, “maligned by one segment of America, adored by

In 1971, Mary Garst of Coon Rapids, IA and Betty Kitzman of Ames, IA argued quite forcefully that the League of Women Voters of Iowa