opinion
Evans op-ed: Let’s See Who Really Is ‘Gaming The System’
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Last week’s news put furrows in my brow. As I ruminated on the headlines and details in the news accounts, I came away convinced something is out of whack somewhere.
opinion
This Big Entitlement Flies Under The Radar
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Watching events unfold in Washington these days is much like watching Wile E. Coyote pursue the Road Runner in the cartoons from years gone by.
opinion
We Need Common Sense About Huge Numbers
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Back in my working days, back when I supervised The Des Moines Register’s business news staff, one of the columnists confessed to our readers that he had trouble balancing his checkbook. My boss didn’t think a business columnist had any business making such a confession. But the columnist was only admitting what many people, if they are truthful, could admit — and that’s their own challenges with mathematics. The experts call this math anxiety. Randy Evans
STRAY THOUGHTS
Randy Evans is the executive director of the Iowa Freedom of Information Council.
Blog
Inside The Reporter’s Notebook: How The Gazette Dug Into High State Tax Credit For Private Schools
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The Gazette’s investigative reporter Erin Jordan explains the reporting she did to reveal why some Iowans are concerned about a generous tax credit Student Tuition Organizations get to assist students at private schools.