Iowa has a specific law that lays out how cities in our state can pass new ordinances that govern the way by which citizens in those communities must abide. The laws states: Ordinances and amendments to ordinances must be passed by the majority at three council meetings before becoming final. ...

When I was in seminary, in 1953,and living in Maryland. Eileen and I got into our 1940 Pontiac and headed for Iowa, to celebrate Christmas with our parents, living in Fort Dodge and Perry. It was a rainy rainy day and traveling through Marion, Ohio, I stopped our car, in the heart of downtown ...

I graduated from high school with Steve Corbin. When I see his photo in a letter to the editor, I don’t bother to read it. He has taken it upon himself to tell all of us how to live and what we should think — perhaps a combination of ego and Marxism. At our class reunion in 2016, Steve ...

This letter makes two points: one for the sake of truthfulness and the other as an ominous warning. First, a much-repeated must be dispelled - the reckless spending done by Joe Biden. During his presidency Donald Trump spent six trillion plus; President Biden has spent two trillion plus. Trump ...

When you’re young, Christmas means Santa Claus and an anticipation of toys, dolls, balls, electronics, etc. that we lump into a big stocking called gifts. At my age, you’ve accumulated more stuff than you will ever need, which leads to puzzling questions like, “What can we get Dad for ...

Since no local, state, national or international governing body has the backbone to stand up to the influence of Big Oil money, at least we need to call it out for what it is: filthy dirty money. Individuals or institutions who profit from such investments are either selfishly unwilling or ...