04/18/24
Tax bills in the Iowa Legislature have always been approved or disapproved by simple majorities. If most legislators want to raise taxes, or lower them, they do it the usual [...]
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Posted April 18, 2024in Morain
Posted April 11, 2024in Morain
Weather-related damage is driving up property insurance costs
Our homeowner’s insurance carrier a few weeks ago sent me our annual premium notice for the 12-month period beginning April 10, 2024. The valuations of our house, garage, and personal [...]
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Posted March 28, 2024in Morain
03/28/24
What rights do Palestinians possess? Are they citizens of any nation? The answers to those questions are murky at best, particularly right now with war raging in Gaza. Technically, under [...]
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Posted March 21, 2024in Morain
03/21/24
Want to get away from it all? The daily grind, the tough-to-solve challenges, the folks who bug you, the recurring insoluble problems? For a few weeks there’s a possible solution: [...]
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Posted March 14, 2024in Morain
03/14/24
Two events within a few months of each other 75 years ago forever altered the political and military landscape of the world. Their combined effects play an all-powerful role in [...]
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Posted March 07, 2024in Morain
03/07/24
I had a heart attack Tuesday evening of last week. All is well. Tuesday about 7 p.m. I was sitting at the press table at the Jefferson City Council meeting, [...]
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Posted February 22, 2024in Morain
02/22/24
House File 2544 survived last week’s funnel deadline in the Iowa Legislature. It now awaits consideration in the state House of Representatives. If I were a public school social studies [...]
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Posted February 08, 2024in Morain
02/08/24
I don’t remember when or where I learned The National Anthem, or the other American patriotic songs, or The Pledge of Allegiance. I know I was pretty young when I [...]
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Posted February 01, 2024in Morain
02/01/24
Congressional leaders for more than four months have been negotiating a major agreement to fund military aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan; provide humanitarian aid to people in a number [...]
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Posted January 23, 2024in Morain
Railing against a ‘stolen election’
The election of 1824 tested the Constitution as never before or since. The presidential election of 2024 will in all probability be decided in the usual fashion, with a candidate [...]
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