Often I look at memories from my birth, to this very moment. I was born an asthmatic and still have that same condition. But on December 7, 1941, The world changed for all countries, and all people. Japan attacked us at Pearl Harbor. The rest of the world was fighting Hitler and the Nazi’s. ...
Every year, there’s a song of summer. It’s often something to argue over when conversation lags at the barbecue. In 2013, feminists attacked Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” for allegedly glamorizing sexual violence. “Blurred Lines” was a huge hit. According to Rolling Stone, ...
Buggyland will never be Buggyland again. The New Order Amish bishop has lifted the ban on bicycles and a wave of motion has washed over us all. For a hundred years, both the Old Order Amish, the more conservative sect, and the New Order Amish, the more liberal, shunned cars and trucks, ...
Hardline Republicans — specifically those members of the House Freedom Caucus — are being derided in the press, as if they’ve been playing some kind of a game. That is, threatening to not vote for the One Big Beautiful Bill, when, supposedly, everyone knew, in the end, they would cave ...
On May 12, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released its “Officers Killed and Assaulted in the Line of Duty, 2024 Special Report,” which revealed that law enforcement agencies reported nearly 86,000 assaults on law enforcement officials in 2024, with 64 feloniously killed in the ...
On Saturday, June 28, I had the pleasure of reconnecting with Iowa CCI members and others at the Henry A. Wallace Farm north of Orient. It was a reunion of sorts for many of us who first got involved and formed the Adair-Madison CCI chapter in the early 2000’s. I got involved with Iowa CCI ...