Biden and Trump – does age matter?
John F. Kennedy was 43 years old when he was elected to serve as President of the United States in 1960. His age did not hurt him on election day. [...]
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Posted August 24, 2020in Guest Commentary
Posted August 18, 2020in Guest Commentary
Some of America’s Problems Can Be Fixed
Some of America’s problems can be fixed. Voting in the November election should not be a problem for Americans. Open the polls for at least two days. Every state should [...]
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Posted July 20, 2020in Guest View
How many friends do you have?
How many friends do you have? Thousands? If you are on Facebook, you may have close to 5,000 friends and tens of thousands of more “friends” via Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat [...]
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Posted June 29, 2020in Guest Commentary
July 4th – America’s Hope.
Americans hope they will never be bullied by a police officer. A man or woman with a badge and a gun can be an intimidating figure. If a cop pulls [...]
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Posted June 15, 2020in Guest Commentary
How to avoid the police
If you have to call 911 in an emergency, you are typically glad when a police officer shows up. When someone smashes into your car, you are happy for a police [...]
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Posted January 01, 2020in Guest Commentary
Sales taxes should fund classroom needs before stadiums
The Des Moines school district is sitting on a $100 million building fund. Iowa school districts cannot use sales tax dollars to pay instructors or professionals to assist with discipline [...]
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Posted October 17, 2019in Guest Commentary
Traditional network stations don’t usually report their lower viewership.
I’m amazed at how the traditional, over-the-air, television networks consistently report that “newspapers are dead.” Their anchors report that story time and again, but never report their own losses in [...]
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Posted May 02, 2018in News and Commentary
Say no to the Live Nation/Ticketmaster monopoly
In mid-January, the City of Des Moines Economic Development office put out a Development Concept Request to developers for the Argonne Armory Building. The “Armory,” as it is known, is [...]
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Posted April 04, 2018in News and Commentary
2 sides to swerving Maserati story
Mr. Michael Gartner: Greetings to you. I want to inform you and your readers of the following….My trial for OWI was held on Feb. 27 in Nevada at the Story [...]
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Fix our medical insurance dilemma
Give all Americans the option to buy into Medicare. I’ve paid into Social Security and Medicare my entire life. I’m still paying to be on plan B and supplemental coverage. I [...]
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