Solon Economist

Regardless of party, irresponsible is still irresponsible

Randy Evans and Randy Evans
March 21, 2024

Pay attention to officials’ talk vs. their actions

Randy Evans
February 22, 2024

Simple solutions rarely are simple or solutions

Randy Evans
February 15, 2024

This is not what leadership looks like

Randy Evans
February 8, 2024

Iowa needs to stop creeping secrecy over names

Randy Evans
January 25, 2024

It is time to look for ways to reduce tragic toll of guns

Randy Evans
January 18, 2024

An issue that hasn’t been unfurled yet in Iowa

Randy Evans
January 4, 2024

Secret gov’t settlements are wrong — period

Randy Evans
December 21, 2023

Government should face up to care center concerns

Randy Evans
December 7, 2023

Inconvenience loses to ‘the right thing to do’

Randy Evans
November 9, 2023

License change won’t protect Iowa consumers

Randy Evans
November 2, 2023

There’s little agreement on what is ‘wasteful’

Randy Evans
October 19, 2023

There is more to serving than winning elections

Randy Evans
October 12, 2023

Misguided gov’t proposal targets ‘vexatious’ people

Randy Evans
September 28, 2023

Pentagon lesson on waste sails into Iowa

Randy Evans
September 21, 2023

DeSantis needs to use diplomacy before talking of invasion

Randy Evans
September 7, 2023

Judicial ethics in Iowa differ from Washington ethics

Randy Evans
August 31, 2023

It appears not every life in Iowa truly is sacred

Randy Evans
August 24, 2023

The issue we didn’t know was an issue

Randy Evans
August 10, 2023

Thin skin plagues some officials in Iowa

Randy Evans
August 3, 2023

What our leaders don’t grasp about books in schools

Randy Evans
July 13, 2023

School and state board blunder in major transparency case

Randy Evans
July 6, 2023

Cameras are a must in Trump criminal case

Randy Evans
June 22, 2023

We honored Cameron and remembered Gov. Ray

Randy Evans
June 8, 2023

Millions of reasons why outside scrutiny is important

Randy Evans
June 1, 2023

This is why anxiety about secrecy led us into court

Randy Evans
May 25, 2023

Keeping Iowa in the dark is not acceptable

Randy Evans
May 11, 2023

Who knew there are 2 sides to waste, fraud, abuse?

Randy Evans
May 4, 2023

It was a week to celebrate accountability

Randy Evans
April 27, 2023

Have we forgotten how to agree to disagree?

Randy Evans
April 20, 2023

With parents’ rights, Iowa giveth and taketh away

Randy Evans
April 13, 2023

Is it right to treat big whales differently from small fish?

Randy Evans
March 30, 2023

Iowa out of step on access to police video

Randy Evans
March 23, 2023

Libraries shouldn’t look for excuses to exclude

Randy Evans
March 9, 2023

A rural school teaches lessons on governing

Randy Evans
March 2, 2023

Governor supports a different indoctrination

Randy Evans
February 23, 2023

Elections, not caucuses, should be the focus

Randy Evans
February 9, 2023

When ‘reasonable’ becomes unreasonable

Randy Evans
January 19, 2023

This Iowa ‘trifecta’ drops the ball with vets

Randy Evans
January 12, 2023

The news has uncorked plenty of dusty memories

Randy Evans
December 29, 2022

If we aren’t careful, we could fall on this slippery slope

Randy Evans
December 22, 2022

Iowa D’s shouldn’t lose sight of what is truly important

Randy Evans
December 15, 2022

Message hasn’t changed: You must serve the customer

Randy Evans
December 8, 2022

Rural Iowa should brace for school ‘vouchers’

Randy Evans
December 1, 2022

Could another Mamie Till bring gun change?

Randy Evans
November 17, 2022

Ferentz fields Q’s, but governor rarely does

Randy Evans
November 10, 2022

Hey, politicians, are loan bailouts good or bad?

Randy Evans
November 3, 2022

Secrecy isn’t how you build trust and respect

Randy Evans
October 20, 2022

When ‘reasonable’ takes a turn that is not

Randy Evans
October 13, 2022

‘Why’ questions permeate 2 care center deaths

Randy Evans
October 6, 2022

Technology has super-sized those kind donations

Randy Evans
September 22, 2022

Savvy voters, don’t let TV ads mislead you

Randy Evans
September 15, 2022

Wise school leaders don’t keep public in the dark

Randy Evans
September 8, 2022

We all don’t benefit equally from gov’t aid

Randy Evans
September 1, 2022

A welcome antidote for what ails our spirits

Randy Evans
August 18, 2022

Iowa gives too little attention to care of its elderly

Randy Evans
August 11, 2022

f Grandma can Zoom, Gov’t should Zoom, too

Randy Evans
July 21, 2022

Stray Thoughts: What happens when you have a beef with a judge?

Randy Evans
July 18, 2022

It’s wrong to tell parents what their kids can read

Randy Evans
June 23, 2022

Like it or not, we are all in this together

Randy Evans
June 16, 2022

STRAY THOUGHTS: A question for the archbishop: W.W.J.D.?

Randy Evans
May 26, 2022

STRAY THOUGHTS: This lawsuit needs sunshine, not secrecy

Randy Evans
May 12, 2022

STRAY THOUGHTS: Iowa is losing its way on our public schools

Randy Evans
April 21, 2022

STRAY THOUGHTS: There’s more to being a leader than talking

Randy Evans
April 7, 2022

STRAY THOUGHTS: Lessons from a misguided pots-n-pans salesman

Randy Evans
March 17, 2022

STRAY THOUGHTS: School teaches taxpayers an expensive lesson

Randy Evans
March 10, 2022

STRAY THOUGHTS: Lawmakers’ mixed message is puzzling Iowans

Randy Evans
February 24, 2022

STRAY THOUGHTS: Here’s another place we need more transparency

Randy Evans
February 3, 2022

STRAY THOUGHTS: State government may be harming Iowa population challenges

Randy Evans
January 27, 2022

STRAY THOUGHTS: Senate change won’t better inform Iowans

Randy Evans
January 20, 2022

Americans are slow to grasp this extreme danger

Randy Evans
January 13, 2022

Those ‘good neighbor deeds’ can recharge us

Randy Evans
December 30, 2021

Our political system has withered since Bob Dole’s days

Randy Evans
December 16, 2021

STRAY THOUGHTS: Another school problem is not being discussed

Randy Evans
December 9, 2021

STRAY THOUGHTS: Libraries should be for all, not just for some

Randy Evans
December 2, 2021

Much to marvel at in the human spirit

Randy Evans
November 18, 2021