In response to a couple of recent letters, I say, “Did you read your words after you wrote them?” I …
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In response to a couple of recent letters, I say, “Did you read your words after you wrote them?” I …
Last year, I wrote a letter suggesting that anyone applying for a hunting license should have to pass the Minnesota …
On April 26, I had the privilege to go to Washington, D.C., as a World War II veteran with the …
The extent to which distortions and half-truths are thrust at the American people in the name of liberty is truly …
Fact No. 1: In a close vote, the local-option sales tax was defeated. Fact No. 2: Our city still has …
It didn’t take long for the City Council to see that without the extended (sales) tax (for flood protection and …
Well, the city “powers that be” are at it again. Now they want to relocate the Time Check Recreation Center, …
Does anyone remember the leftist-manufactured anxiety attack called the ozone hole? We were all going to get skin cancer and …
When I was diagnosed with cancer a year ago, I didn’t want a big fancy building. I didn’t want a …
Regarding Dave Draheim’s May 7 letter attacking Mayor Ron Corbett and calling for his ouster from office. I haven’t agreed …
Being of the older generation, I have made some interesting observations: Nike now makes socks marked left and right. People …
I was among the World War II veterans who had the privilege of going on the Eastern Iowa Victory Flight …
Many people are asking these days: “What can we do to fix this country?” Like most of us, I don’t …
After being accepted into the University of Iowa’s School of Journalism a month ago, I was greeted with a question …
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