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Smut is everywhere in Iowa
Ralph J. Cap
Feb. 20, 2026 7:36 am
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According to alert Puritans in the state Legislature, smut is running rampant in schools and libraries with easy access for students. Libraries are the main repository for such material, and librarians are the anxious enablers.
Schools supplement the library activity by indoctrinating students with textbooks that further expose the pliable students to more smut details. However, students can easily circumvent the Puritans by searching for smut in the household garage or beneath the parents’ bed or gazing at the handy handheld electronic device that they carry with them. Meanwhile, the lakes, streams and waterways stink.
Ralph J. Cap
Iowa City
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