05/23/24
On June 27, about five weeks from now, we’ll get to watch the first presidential debate for the 2024 election. Or not. The announced changes to the debate process this [...]
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Posted May 23, 2024in Morain
Posted May 16, 2024in Morain
05/16/24
Where does your primary loyalty lie: as a citizen of America, or as a citizen of Iowa? Probably seems like a meaningless question. But around the nation, more and more [...]
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Posted May 09, 2024in Morain
05/09/24
Several years ago Kathy and I walked into a restaurant for breakfast in North Carolina. On the wall was a floor-to-ceiling plaque bearing a message about the origins of the [...]
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Posted May 02, 2024in Morain
05/02/24
The story of our National Weather Service (NWS) is one of catching up and staying ahead. For more than 200 years, meteorologists, both amateurs and professionals, have steadily employed new [...]
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Posted April 25, 2024in Morain
04/25/24
Congress may finally be getting it together. Overruling a few outspoken ultraconservative Republican members, the U.S. House by wide margins last Saturday belatedly approved crucial aid for nations and peoples [...]
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Posted April 18, 2024in Morain
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 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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