The event featured many of the trappings of a law school commencement: The graduates’ families came to campus carrying flowers, a state Supreme Court justice sat amid the dignitaries, and speeches overflowed with words of praise and promise. “You have faced challenges that most cannot ...
Where have all the flowers gone? I’ll take and tell you where a good chunk of the flowers have gone: two places, at the intersection of Highway 34 and the Henry-Des Moines County Line Road on the east end of New London, better known as Heald Trucking; and all along Main Street in Mediapolis ...
According to our great Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, real wages for hourly workers are up nearly 2%. Growth of this magnitude hasn’t been seen for 60 years. Under President Trump’s first term, American workers saw similar growth of about 1.3%. Both of his terms are in stark contrast to ...
The word “badass” was bandied about a lot after the first assassination attempt on Donald Trump last year. Famously, the bloodied Republican candidate raised his fist in defiance. In a different context, the same pungent word applies to his 2 a.m. strike on Iranian nuclear facilities. ...
On Sept. 11, 2001, Muslim fanatics flew planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, killing upward of 3,000 innocent American civilians. Americans asked why? We ask again today. We hear from the Iranian regime, “Death to America,” “Death to Israel.” Why? The unfortunate ...
For a long time I have been helping to print and fold our Church bulletins. It is a task that needs to be done, so we just do it. Today’s task had a blessing. A picture of heavenly arms reaching through darkened clouds to connect with humans on Earth. In the middle of the picture, was our ...