Posted April 15, 2024in Stray Thoughts
“Unsustainable” is a fascinating word, especially when it is used in government and politics. Merriam-Webster, the dictionary folks, tell us unsustainable means something cannot be continued or supported. But in [...]
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Posted April 01, 2024in Stray Thoughts
City officials in Davenport have managed to accomplish the impossible this year: They have brought Republicans and Democrats in the Legislature together to agree on something. The two parties have [...]
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Posted March 25, 2024in Stray Thoughts
No problem is so big that we can’t run from it — or at least avoid thinking about it. That’s human nature. There are many concerns that should command our [...]
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Posted March 18, 2024in Stray Thoughts
What were they thinking? That is a question I ask myself a lot lately. Those were the first words out of my mouth when the Manhattan district attorney had to [...]
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Posted March 11, 2024in Stray Thoughts
Like many people who call this state home, I have long taken an interest in the careers and achievements of people who have gotten their start in Iowa. As a [...]
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Posted February 12, 2024in Stray Thoughts
Voters have busy lives — families to care for, jobs demanding their attention, bills to worry about. So, they can be forgiven if they do not closely track their government [...]
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Posted February 05, 2024in Stray Thoughts
One of the fallacies of politics these days is the notion of simple solutions. Regardless of whether the problem is immigration, the homeless, gun ownership or transgender people, too many [...]
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Posted January 29, 2024in Stray Thoughts
These days, with political campaigns that seem to go on forever, Iowans may not recognize the significance of what occurred at polling places across the state on November 5, 1968. [...]
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Posted January 17, 2024in Stray Thoughts
The increasing secrecy by Iowa law enforcement and their lawyers about identifying people by name raises important questions underlying public confidence in the critical work of first-responders. The question deals [...]
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Posted January 08, 2024in Stray Thoughts
Like many Iowans, my thoughts have been rather chaotic since the horrible news from Perry High School last week. The events were so sad and senseless. A 17-year-old student was [...]
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