In 2022, politicians in Minneapolis and St. Paul voted for rent control. I said that would lead to bigger problems. Was I right? My update video reveals what happened. St. Paul politicians pushed rent control, saying rent caps would stop "unfair profiteering." But what the heck is ...
In recent weeks, people from Cherokee, Des Moines and Ottumwa have contacted the Iowa Freedom of Information Council with concerns about the refusal of local officials to share documents distributed to city council and school board members before they meet. Typically, Iowa government boards ...
The diagnosis was not a surprise - well, yes it was, because like many men with a health issue we try to deny it, or delay treatment when everyone knows that "early detection" is critical to a cure. My PSA (prostate-specific antigen) had been slowly creeping upward for the last two years. ...
It was a day of deep thinking and heroic typing, my brain so fried I could hardly call out for pizza. Then the news and social media feeds exploded with reports that Harry and Meghan plan to leave California and move back to England. What was that to me? I don't care that the royals moved away ...
Dear Editor: “Hundreds feared dead in devastating Nepal flood” are the latest in what seem to be almost daily reports of severe climate events. Climate change is increasing the likelihood and severity of many extreme weather events, underscoring the need for much stronger preventive action. Animal agriculture is a major contributor to climate change, an existential global threat. Cattle emit large quantities of methane, a particularly potent greenhouse gas, while enormous amounts of land are devoted to grazing and growing animal feed. Reducing consumption of animal products would ...
Our climate keeps heating up with dire effects, but our governmental leaders seem incapable of finding solutions to get us out of this mess that we have caused. One possible way out is to find new technologies that reduce the emission of carbon dioxide that is driving climate change. Almost ...
