John Cullen

The United States of America reached a milestone last week that didn't get the attention it deserves. Our national debt exceeded $40 trillion for the first time.

The Advertising Guide, which has been published weekly for nearly six decades in the Storm Lake and Cherokee trade territory, is switching to a monthly schedule beginning now.

The Advertising Guide, which has been published weekly for nearly six decades in the Storm Lake and Cherokee trade territory, is switching to a monthly schedule beginning now. This free …

Can you remember what you were doing when something historical happened in your lifetime? For each generation, there seems to be at least one date that, as President Franklin D. Roosevelt said …

Donald Trump and his followers are crying wolf again, trying to scare Americans that Democrats are communists. They're even trying it out on Rob Sand and Josh Turek, Democrats running for Iowa governor and senator, respectively. That might have meant something 60 years ago, but today most people have no idea what he's talking about. The Big Old Bad Soviet Union fell in 1991.

A trip to Illinois and Indiana last week gave us a view of the economic future — and it doesn't look pretty.

Watching all the political ads on TV these days, you can tell which candidates are getting desperate. They’re the ones who are still freaked out about girls and boys playing on the same sports …

This will probably be the most expensive election in Iowa history, judging by all the money that's being spent on political advertising.

Like most Iowans, we paid our property taxes a couple weeks ago. In the past three years, the taxes on our 90-year-old home have increased nearly 50%. The taxes on our modest metal Times Square office have nearly doubled in that time.

Last week I wrote how a proposed Iowa constitutional amendment making it harder to raise income taxes would actually be bad for Iowa taxpayers. It would shift the burden to property taxes, which are …