Pathetic attempts to gain notice
The new Republican candidate strategy is to become even more obnoxious than Donald Trump in order to get media attention. The most savage comments to date came from Gov. Mike [...]
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Posted August 05, 2015in Your View
Posted July 29, 2015in Your View
Obama’s wins have Republicans trembling in confusion
The landmark nuclear agreement with Iran is the latest and perhaps one of the most significant wins by President Obama. He is proving political strategists wrong and rewriting the history [...]
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Posted July 22, 2015in Your View
Smith on Smith
Is anyone else as exasperated as I am with Rick Smith? I highly doubt it in this alternative universe we are currently living in. His take on Iraq is the [...]
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Posted July 15, 2015in Your View
Promises, promises
Civic Skinny keeps readers updated on the “progress” of Gov. Terry Branstad’s promise to create an environment in Iowa that will spawn 200,000 new jobs by 2016. Currently he is [...]
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Posted July 08, 2015in Your View
Dem disappointed in Jindal
OK. So what is a liberal Democrat doing at the rally for Bobby Jindal in Waukee on June 30? I want to see all of the 15-plus candidates in the [...]
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Posted July 01, 2015in Your View
Trump distinguishes himself
We live in a time of stunning transformations. In recent weeks, we’ve seen Bruce Jenner transition from a male Olympic medalist to Caitlyn Jenner, a self-assured woman gracing the cover [...]
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Posted June 24, 2015in Your View
Three rights do make a left
Michael Gartner’s reprinted 2006 tribute to his father (Civic Skinny, June 18) remains timeless and interesting. It got me thinking. While all of us are great-grandsons to someone the second we [...]
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Posted June 17, 2015in Your View
Almost afraid
Intrigued by the mention of the 1,382,855 ranked book by Michael Gartner, “Outrage, Passion and Uncommon Sense,” in last week’s Civic Skinny column, I quickly Google searched the subject. I [...]
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Posted June 10, 2015in Your View
What’s the difference?
After reading Civic Skinny last week (June 4, 2015), let me see if I understand this correctly. The husband (James Conlin) of a past Democrat nominee for governor (Roxanne Conlin) [...]
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Posted June 03, 2015in Your View
Numbers don’t lie
Ninety years ago, Prohibition was a prevailing illusion. Today’s illusions are different. Law enforcement has broken down, especially at the top. Once again, so many in politics and the media [...]
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