Sam Osbourne

Mar 21, 2023 | verint.com | Sam Osbourne

Retail is in the midst of a revolution and modern consumers have all the power. They can switch between brands or share their candid opinions about a product with their friends, family and followers at the click of a button. Fortunately, the Retail Choreography Strategy has recently emerged as the go-to strategy for iconic brands around the world who want to win the hearts and minds of the all-powerful modern consumer.

Feb 7, 2023 | thegazette.com | Ron Andreesen |Daniel J. McGrail |Sam Osbourne |Norman Sherman

One would imagine that advocating for statewide book bans ("Reynolds: If one school removes a book, all schools should" Feb. 4) would be a red flag to our governor that she's wading into treacherous waters. But apparently neither Gov. Kim Reynolds nor the poorly-named "Moms for Liberty" is capable of pausing for self-reflection. "If one Iowa school decides to remove a book from its library, all Iowa schools would be required to do the same under a proposal floated this week by Gov.

Feb 6, 2023 | thegazette.com | Daniel J. McGrail |Sam Osbourne |Andrew Moore |Ron Andreesen

Althea Cole’s Sunday column, “Do public schools reflect a gold standard of transparency?” celebrates her dream come true. Iowa “finally” passed a voucher bill to funnel tax money to private/religious school systems.

Feb 6, 2023 | thegazette.com | Ron Andreesen |Daniel J. McGrail |Sam Osbourne |Andrew Moore

Searching for a rationale for Republican neglect of small communities, of public education at all levels, of parks and recreation, of the health of rivers and streams, and more, it occurred to me that Iowa has become a site for fracking. The fracking of Iowa, horizontal rather than vertical, extracting all that can be drawn from our resources with little concern for what’s left over. I know it’s a metaphor, but metaphors point at something.