On July 16, 1945, the United States detonated the first nuclear bomb in New Mexico on what’s now the White Sands Missile Range. About 40 miles away from the Trinity test site, a group of girls at a dance camp were thrown from their bunks in the explosion. Thinking a water heater had exploded, ...
On Wednesday July 16th, I had the privilege of being at the White House when President Trump signed the HALT Fentanyl Act into law. Joined by families who have tragically lost loved ones and children to an overdose, the ceremony was a sobering reminder that too many Americans – especially ...
Over the past decade since my fellow Iowans sent me to Washington to make the big spenders squeal, I’ve been exposing waste, fraud, and abuse almost too insane to believe. This week, I was proud to see some of that work deliver a win for Iowa taxpayers. Both the Senate and House passed the ...
When we think of storytelling, we often picture something ordinary — a moment shared across a kitchen table or a memory told beside a campfire. But those small moments carry great power. Storytelling helps us build bridges between communities, preserve culture, share traditions, invite ...
Anyone who attended high school probably remembers their world history teacher talking about countries that militarized their law enforcement to make what is referred to as a police state. Examples taught should have included SS members of Nazi Germany (1925-1945), the secret police — NKVD ...
Ginnie and I support the arts, like the sky supports lightning, or the earth life. We have four main local artists we collect, and many of lesser quantity, not talent. We only have so much space on our cathedral walls. Whenever we go to an art reception, which is often, Ginnie’s wags her ...