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Reflections on America250

A letter written 250 years ago by John Adams to his wife Abigail reminds 21st century Americans about the bold sacrifice and binding covenant our nation’s founders made on behalf of generations to come. “...I am well aware of the toil and blood and treasure that it will cost us to ...

Questions the council should ask on data centers

Marshalltown is considering a Data Center! Data Center, huh! This actually could be worse than the franchise attempt, but for sure it deserves some real debate and public sessions. With all the bad press and now the filtering into the rural areas, I have some real concerns. So much so that ...

Democrats now and then

Following last week's primary elections in which the rise of Democrat-Socialist candidates alarmed many longtime Democrats, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) read a list of things he said those far-left candidates stand for. To conservatives, and Independents, the list sounded like a grand ...

Do Democrats have the guts to let a toxic nominee lose?

One of the saddest posts this weekend featured Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, a moderate, welcoming three Democratic Socialist of America candidates who had won primaries with a handful votes. They included Darializa Avila Chevalier, a nutcase who called for abolishing the ...

Attend Iowa Fraud Fighters event, protect yourself and loved ones from fraud

Every day, someone in America becomes a victim of fraud. Fraud comes in many forms — from investment fraud like Ponzi schemes to consumer fraud like identity theft. A 2015 True Link report on elder financial abuse estimated 1 in 3 Americans ages 65 and older are scammed, losing $36.5 billion annually to financial exploitation, criminal fraud and caregiver abuse. In this digital age, it is important to recognize that everyone can get scammed — even those running top-flight investment firms. I encourage you to attend the Iowa Fraud Fighters program hosted at Marshalltown Senior ...

The temporary immigration program that's been forever

The last two decades have been a continuous adventure in redefining the phrase "white supremacy" to include less and less pertinent things. The latest is that the Supreme Court has allegedly joined forces with Trump to "advance an authoritarian, white-supremacist agenda" -- in the words of Illinois Democratic Rep. Delia Ramirez -- by saying he can end so-called Temporary Protected Status for immigrants. A headline in the left-wing magazine The Nation read, "The Supreme Court Once Again Endorses Trump's Racism." The court decision is facially correct in that the law says that TPS ...