30 years ago: Sex and booze rocked the Iowa House
The country learned that we in Iowa can indeed have a good time Thirty years ago last week, thousands of Iowans retrieved their Des Moines Sunday Register, “The Paper [...]
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Posted April 27, 2016in Guest Commentary
Posted March 23, 2016in Guest Commentary
Obama was our glamour shot; Trump, our reflection
I am not a Donald Trump supporter. My newspapers endorsed Bernie Sanders and Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton and Marco Rubio. I also know my country is strong enough to [...]
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Posted January 13, 2016in Guest Commentary
No bed of roses: Iowa loses the ‘Humor Bowl,’ too
Wasn’t that outrageous at the Rose Bowl? To recall lyrics from The Music Man and the pool table crisis in River City, “Make your blood boil? Well, I should say.” [...]
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Posted October 28, 2015in Guest Commentary
Some mental health conditions are easy to diagnose
I don’t agree with much that Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has had to say in the Republican presidential sweepstakes and, apparently, not many in his political base do either. He’s [...]
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Posted October 21, 2015in Guest Commentary
Asylums in the news
A continuing story in Iowa news is about a lawsuit regarding Gov. Terry Branstad’s decision to close mental health facilities in Clarinda and Mt. Pleasant. However, another institution that some [...]
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Posted September 30, 2015in Guest Commentary
America can be ‘Great’ — despite Trump and GOP debates
Say what you will — and we all have — the lead up to the 2016 election so far is….is….is? Well, maybe Shakespeare characterized much of the give-and-take among presidential [...]
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Posted September 23, 2015in Guest Commentary
The GOP agenda (or lack thereof)
To hear Republicans tell it, America’s major issues boil down to Hillary Clinton’s emails, Benghazi and Planned Parenthood. To hear Republican presidential candidates tell it, you’d think the most important [...]
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Posted September 16, 2015in Guest Commentary
White supremacy is alive and all too well
A New York Times obituary for Julian Bond, the civil rights icon who passed away this August, described the late leader as a “persistent opponent of the stubborn remnants of [...]
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Posted September 09, 2015in Guest Commentary
Carter for President? Makes even more sense today!
Offered below is an editorial endorsement of Gov. Jimmy Carter of Georgia for U.S. President. It likely was the first-in-the-nation endorsement for a candidate then known as “Jimmy Who?” But [...]
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Better labels, better food
Here’s an option for food manufacturers who don’t want to disclose all that sugar they use: Use less. Food labels are changing. In the past, you could only see [...]
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