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Burt Walters retires as conservation officer

Iowa Conservation Officers (game wardens) are part of a long line of specialized law enforcement folks who are professionally trained regarding all aspects of the laws and regulations pertaining to hunting, fishing, trapping, and natural resource protection. In addition, the job can be very ...

A society paralyzed by the presence of evil

This week, most Americans were shocked by the images of Decarlos Brown Jr., a violent schizophrenic with a 14-count rap sheet, stabbing a young Ukrainian refugee, Iryna Zarutska, to death on a Charlotte light rail commuter train. The video of the incident is absolutely horrifying: Brown, clad ...

The woke weep only for the wicked

Charlotte, N.C. Democrat Mayor Vi Lyles’ first public comment following the savage murder of Ukraine-born Iryana Zaruta was a call for greater “compassion” for the barbaric nutcase who had repeatedly plunged a razory blade into the 23 year-old innocent’s throat. I’m not making that ...

Iowa State v Iowa

Ginnie and I were lucky enough to score a couple of tickets for the number 16 Iowa State/Iowa football game in Ames. The seats were on the 20 yard line, upper level. There’s not a bad seat in Jack Trice Stadium. Thanks to the handicap tag I now possess (for a limited time), we had choice ...

Don’t let Wall Street gamble with your golden years

Your retirement savings are supposed to be the safest money you’ll ever have — not a roll of the dice. The whole point of a 401(k) and other retirement plans is to let you gradually build wealth that brings economic security in your golden years. But private equity firms are itching to ...

Increasing opportunity and hope for our children

An age-old conundrum regarding raising children is the issue of nature versus nurture. That is, do genes determine a child’s success in life, or is it the environment in which that child is raised? Or, even more fundamentally, is intelligence genetic, or can education increase ...