What's 'risky' is limiting children's access to books

There apparently is a new threat facing elementary-school children: gay penguins. Cindy and James Dacus are fighting to restrict access to the children's book "And Tango Makes Three" at East Elementary School in Ankeny. The book is the story of two male penguins who raise a chick together. More

• Did this letter to the editor plagiarize a blog post?

A necessary message: Academics come first

Sometimes, Des Moines school board member Jonathan Narcisse is his own worst enemy. Take the recent dust-up over his X-rated e-mail message to a Roosevelt High School student who will miss six weeks of wrestling because he flunked a math class. More

A shift in emphasis starts party remake

It's a bad time for Sioux City's influence in Iowa politics, but the state GOP is trying to turn over a new leaf. More

Let's recapture GOP tradition

On June 30, 1992, the Register published an essay I wrote titled "Iowa GOP Needs to Hear All Voices." I noted that the legacy of the Iowa Republican Party "demands that we safeguard the right to hear the voices from the margins." More