Posted January 11, 2024in Morain
Before I get into the theme of this column, a few words about last Thursday morning’s mass school shooting in Perry would be appropriate. If I could find some. I can’t. There are no words. Many, many Iowans and others from outside the state have expressed their sympathy to Perry
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Posted January 04, 2024in Morain
More and more, the holiday season has morphed into a movie season as well. That probably results from a combination of viewers’ free time with family, high-profile studio marketing at this time of year, the multiplication of movie channels on television and electronic devices, and who knows what else? Whatever
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Posted December 28, 2023in Morain
The year 2023 is almost over, and millions of people around the world are glad of that. Life today is challenging in the extreme for the population of Gaza, and millions of residents of Sudan and South Sudan, and Ukrainians under Russian siege, and Uighurs in far western China, and
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Posted December 21, 2023in Morain
If you are a Palestinian in Gaza, what are your options? If you lived in north Gaza, you no longer do. You had to leave your home and most of your belongings, take your family and whatever you could carry, and head to south Gaza. Because if you stayed home,
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Posted December 14, 2023in Morain
“The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquity of the son.” – Ezekiel 18:19 ——————— The U.S. Justice Department has developed a pretty strong case against Hunter Biden, 53-year-old son of President Joe Biden. On Thursday last week in a
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Posted December 07, 2023in Morain
The U.S. House last Friday voted 311 to 114 to expel Republican member George Santos. It was only the sixth time in the history of the House that members have taken such an action. Republicans split pretty evenly on the vote, with 105 GOP members voting to expel Santos and
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Posted November 30, 2023in Morain
News coverage of Gaza and Ukraine understandably focuses on how their respective wars are progressing. Bulletins report the advance and retreat of battle fronts, the tally of dead troops and civilians, the extent of damage to homes and hospitals and other buildings, the displacement of residents, and other visible evidence
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Posted November 23, 2023in Morain
The Israel-Palestine conflict is among the world’s oldest, longest-lasting, and most intractable. Now officially 75 years old, dating from the creation of Israel in 1948, its actual origins predate that year by many decades, going back at least to the late 19th Century. And its causes continue today for essentially
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Posted November 16, 2023in Morain
Rooting for one political side or the other in America today increasingly resembles rooting for a sports team. They’re not the same thing. On the surface they do appear similar: the cheering crowds, the yard signs and bumper stickers, the media coverage, the fan clothing, the arguments over coffee or
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Posted November 09, 2023in Morain
“Nightmarish” accurately describes the challenges both Israel and the Palestinian residents of Gaza confront in the Israel-Hamas war, now more than a month old. The Biden Administration no doubt perceives it similarly. The surprise breach of Israeli guard posts along the Gaza border by Hamas commandos on Oct. 7 caught
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