For all the grievances against the king of England so eloquently stated in our Declaration of Independence, here's the one that likely will draw a crowd in downtown Davenport today: "Imposing taxes on us without our consent."
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Davenport's population has again surpassed 100,000, according to U.S. Census estimates, marking a major milestone for a city that has desperately fought back from a decline caused by the farm-economy crisis of the 1980s.
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Iowa chalks up a year of a partial smoking ban and guess what? The state's tavern and restaurant industry hasn't tanked.
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Iowa's most successful division of government just reached a milestone. Revenue from the Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division topped $100 million for the first time this year.
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While most Quad-Citians gingerly dance around any references to sexually transmitted disease, Dr. Louis Katz brazenly led with blunt candor. He was "disgusted" when a nation went gaga over Magic Johnson's confession of an HIV infection. While much of America viewed Johnson as a sympatheti…
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The date nears for a critical collaboration that has mysteriously been absent from our Quad-Cities. On July 21, emergency service providers across the Iowa and Illinois Quad-Cities will coordinate the sounding of emergency weather sirens.
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As one who is critical of racial preferences, I'm surprised to find myself disappointed in the Supreme Court's 5-4 decision in Ricci v. DeStefano, a case involving a group of mostly white firefighters in New Haven, Conn. They alleged "reverse discrimination" after the city threw out a pro…
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Is there still a revolution about to happen in Iran?
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The surrealism of celebrity pop culture erupts when a major celebrity dies. The sudden, mysterious death of Michael Jackson caused a near-total eclipse of the real news.
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The Fourth of July is on our doorstep, so I did a little holiday paradiddle on my steering wheel while waiting at the traffic light of bee-busy Locust and Brady in Davenport. I hazily imagined what might have been happening on the northeast corner about 100 years ago today.
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I'm so proud of our Quadsville community. For a group of mostly virtual friends, they sure do take care of each other - even newcomers.
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I got to interview Michael Jackson only once, at the family home in Encino, Calif. This was on the occasion of his 21st birthday, and I remember thinking that for a guy approaching a milestone, he didn't seem very happy. Truth is, he seemed tired. Not from fatigue or exertion. It was an e…
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Here it is, the first day of July - a date that makes us think it is high noon. It's get-up-and-go vacation time, anywhere but home, even with gas at $2.55 a gallon. Ah, July - hot afternoons and soft mornings when it's a joy just to be alive - even if you have to go to work.
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Here it is, the first day of July - a date that makes us think it is high noon. It's get-up-and-go vacation time, anywhere but home, even with gas at $2.55 a gallon. Ah, July - hot afternoons and soft mornings when it's a joy just to be alive - even if you have to go to work.
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Spare me the tears, OK? If you want me to respect the privacy of your stupidity, don't expect my sympathy. And whatever you do, I don't want to hear about your agony.
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An open-minded individual, I am willing to support an adulterer for elective office. But my ability to look past marital infidelity depends on how much humiliation was heaped on the wife. The details matter.
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