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Posted March 25, 2024in Stray Thoughts

It’s time for leaders to address ‘the Big C’ in Iowa

No problem is so big that we can’t run from it — or at least avoid thinking about it. That’s human nature. There are many concerns that should command our [...]

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Posted March 18, 2024in Stray Thoughts

These government officials did whaaaat?

What were they thinking? That is a question I ask myself a lot lately. Those were the first words out of my mouth when the Manhattan district attorney had to [...]

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Posted March 11, 2024in Stray Thoughts

Regardless of party, irresponsible is still irresponsible

Like many people who call this state home, I have long taken an interest in the careers and achievements of people who have gotten their start in Iowa. As a [...]

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Posted February 12, 2024in Stray Thoughts

Pay attention to officials’ talk vs. their actions

Voters have busy lives — families to care for, jobs demanding their attention, bills to worry about.  So, they can be forgiven if they do not closely track their government [...]

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Posted February 05, 2024in Stray Thoughts

Simple solutions rarely are simple or solutions

One of the fallacies of politics these days is the notion of simple solutions. Regardless of whether the problem is immigration, the homeless, gun ownership or transgender people, too many [...]

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Posted January 29, 2024in Stray Thoughts

This is not what leadership looks like

These days, with political campaigns that seem to go on forever, Iowans may not recognize the significance of what occurred at polling places across the state on November 5, 1968. [...]

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Posted January 08, 2024in Stray Thoughts

It is time to look for ways to reduce tragic toll of guns

Like many Iowans, my thoughts have been rather chaotic since the horrible news from Perry High School last week. The events were so sad and senseless. A 17-year-old student was [...]

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Posted December 26, 2023in Stray Thoughts

An issue that hasn’t been unfurled yet in Iowa

We Iowans apparently have been kidding ourselves. Somehow, as we focus on taxes, water quality and allegations of big-government overreach, as we wrestle with immigration, inflation, drug abuse, school choice [...]

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Posted December 18, 2023in Stray Thoughts

Here we go again: Banning is not the solution

I really should not be surprised by some comments that represent what passes for civic dialogue in Iowa these days. The latest example leaves me shaking my head, not just [...]

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Posted December 11, 2023in Stray Thoughts

Secret gov’t settlements are wrong — period

City leaders in Davenport have forgotten that city government there belongs to the people. It does not belong to the folks who were elected to city offices. This reminder is [...]

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