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Opinion

Privatizing the VA will be a disaster for rural vets

Columnists

James Jones is a 54-year-old disabled Army veteran. After four years of active duty and four in the reserves, Jones says he has a “multitude” of health care problems. “There’s PTSD, a right arm injury, my right shoulder, chronic rhinitis from toxic exposure during the Gulf War, ...

Stop turning Kirk into a sacred cow

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Reading the September 19 Times Republican column “Teetering on the edge of the Abyss” by syndicated columnist Laura Hollis her broad brush (all leftist are soft on criminals) smearing and no mention of the Trumps self pardon of the violent Jan 6th authoritarian power play by Trump and ...

Here today, ready for tomorrow

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At Marshalltown Community School District, we want every child to grow, learn, and build a bright future. When students come to school every day starting in preschool and all the way through 12th grade, they are not only learning but also making friends and building important skills for life. ...

Defining American citizenship

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ICE agents recently caught up with Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Ian Roberts. Originally here on a 1999 student visa, and under a deportation order judicially issued last year, the Guyanese national had continued living in the U.S. It’s true that the bureaucrat should be ...

End of time

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In the book of Revelation, Earth-time will end, so says God! In Genesis 1:26 God is in the process of creating time and the Universe. Adam and Eve became sinners almost immediately. Since I was a baby, my family took me to church. The story of creation always intrigued me. In my heart I knew ...

Trump is right: Tech Visas are raw deal for US workers

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The time has come to praise Donald Trump. Let’s savor the moment. The president is right to challenge the tech worker visa known as H-1B. This is a temporary visa that lets American companies hire skilled foreign workers in “specialty occupations.” The visa’s fans offer a mirror ...