Ernst and Braley: bread bags and badly injured dad
A 16-year-old Buena Vista County farm kid died last week in a farming accident. The story led the Sept. 24 issue of The Storm Lake Times. The young man perished [...]
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Posted October 08, 2014in Political Mercury
Posted October 01, 2014in Political Mercury
Two Iowans, two views of the world
In a race that has Iowans sharply divided — and could decide the partisan balance of the U.S. Senate for the next two years — Joni Ernst and Bruce Braley [...]
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Posted September 24, 2014in Political Mercury
Why didn’t Joni Ernst just film her shoot-the-Negro ad in Memphis?
You can’t separate the man from the law. Literally. The two blend for the word: Obama + Care = Obamacare. How you feel about the sea change in health-insurance reform [...]
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Posted September 17, 2014in Political Mercury
Hillary is back
Just weeks or days away from becoming a grandmother, Hillary Clinton says she has a few things on her mind these days. “I’m calling Chelsea every five minutes to make [...]
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Posted September 10, 2014in Political Mercury
Ernst says what Jindal doggedly dodged on potential abortion penalties
State Sen. Joni Ernst deserves points for candor on her pro-life stance on abortion. The Red Oak Republican’s stated position would be that the person performing the abortion should be [...]
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Posted September 03, 2014in Political Mercury
Ku Klux Klan played role in Iowa Prohibition fights
Bryce T. Bauer, the Audubon-raised author of a just-released book on Templeton Rye during Prohibition, spent about two hours reading selections from his work and answering questions at signing event [...]
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Posted August 27, 2014in Political Mercury
Sarah Palin, Joni Ernst’s political jukebox hero
Political question of the day for Iowans: What’s worse, being Sarah Palin, or wanting to be like Sarah Palin? Many opponents of Joni Ernst, the Red Oak Republican seeking a [...]
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Posted August 20, 2014in Political Mercury
Rye Spirits plans to build distillery, museum in Templeton
Just hours before celebrating the opening of a $1.7-million community center they helped fund, members of the Templeton Rye Spirits brain trust gathered at their distinctive facility in this southern [...]
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Posted August 13, 2014in Political Mercury
Stolen nights and places in between
It started as instinct. I was 10. I didn’t have the words to summon an explanation. But I knew it, felt it. These are my places — the places along [...]
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Posted August 06, 2014in Political Mercury
Harkin: Shield immigrant kids’ Iowa whereabouts
U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, says the federal government should keep confidential the location and identities of the 139 undocumented, unaccompanied immigrant children who have come to the state in [...]
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