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As lawsuits wind their way through the court system, more details and allegations about the inner workings of the subprime lending world are emerging.

The remark, delivered in the Kansas governor’s low key, folksy, out-from-behind-the-podium style, raised a couple chuckles but few eyebrows in the downtown Iowa City crowd, but Republicans took offense and responded in short order.

The rumors circulating in Ames last November were hard to ignore:
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development was conducting experiments to move inner-city poor to smaller communities, and Ames' Section 8 housing was being filled by poor black people from Chicago. There was a crime wave in Ames because black people from Chicago [...]

[Commentary] There are two kinds of issues at play in a nomination contest: policy issues and intangibles.  Frankly, the policy differences between the six leading Democrats are relatively nuanced.  They all want to end the war as soon as possible, with some disagreement on how soon that can be done.  They all have some sort [...]

ANAMOSA — When you visit the Anamosa State Penitentiary, really kick the tires, talk to guards and lifers, you leave with an odd mix of emotions.
There’s a sense of depression at seeing a caged man, a member of the walking dead in so many ways, as well as a feeling of sheer joy with your [...]

[Commentary] I wanted to say something in response to Lynda's post, which is quite poignant and something people should read. When I saw that Hotline piece saying Sen. Obama had been given a Secret Service detail, I too took a deep breath.
It's a sad, scary thought that there are those out there who would cut [...]