Hooray! for ‘Give ’em Hell Harry;’ Boo! for Tweety Trump
Ten words explain much of the news today: Donald Trump does not respect the presidency; his critics do. Those words are contrary to those who say calling Trump a buffoon, [...]
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Posted August 02, 2017in Rants & Reason
Posted July 05, 2017in Rants & Reason
Terrifying Trump thought: UFO pilot says, ‘Take me to your leader’
With all that’s going on in the world, the media can be forgiven if they overlook the 70th anniversary of the onset of the flying saucer phenomenon — a date [...]
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Posted June 01, 2017in Rants & Reason
Hawkeyes settle discrimination cases! Question is, So what?
After her $1.43 million award from the University of Iowa on five counts dealing with discrimination, former Senior Associate Athletic Director Jane Meyer was asked what the verdict portended for [...]
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Posted May 03, 2017in Rants & Reason
Our liberties we prize, and our rights we will maintain
Happy Law Day! Even if you didn’t celebrate Law Day on May 1, there is time to do so now. Law Day, like The Fourth of July, Thanksgiving and other [...]
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Posted April 05, 2017in Rants & Reason
Could we put a cork in “Only in Iowa”?
For openers, here are a few lines I sent to Dan Finney at The Des Moines Register because I am weary of those who defend their homeland with puffery of [...]
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Posted March 01, 2017in Rants & Reason
Fake news? How about fake scripture for church and state?
With the concerns about “Fake News” and having churches even more active in politics, the Christian religious right risks becoming a contortionist as it accommodates the teachings of its religious [...]
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Posted February 09, 2017in Rants & Reason
EO 9066: The 75th anniversary of shame and later regret
You’re in trouble when the crazed mob coming after you is egged on by the whimsical Dr. Seuss and America’s chief pundit, columnist Walter Lippmann. That’s what Japanese Americans faced [...]
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Posted January 27, 2017in Rants & Reason
Trump et al. are liars, and that’s not an ‘alternative fact’
Here’s an “alternative fact” for you: The Nobel Foundation announced today that, given the election of Donald J. Trump as president of the United States, it will award a posthumous [...]
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Posted January 09, 2017in Rants & Reason
On the survival of the presidency and the rest of us
If the Electoral College follows form, a person whom millions consider to be a buffoon and egomaniac or worse will be inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States. [...]
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Posted November 30, 2016in Rants & Reason
Let America Be America again
So, what holiday comes to mind when you think of the results of the 2016 elections? For Republicans, the holiday might be Christmas or Thanksgiving. For folks on opposite sides [...]
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