A man who worked in the cafeteria at my husband's workplace disappeared. My husband talked to him each time he stopped in for lunch. One day, my husband noted how happy the man seemed. He told my husband it was because he had his final green card interview with immigration the next day. My ...
Like most Americans who were adults on Sept. 11, 2001, my life is divided into "before" and "after" 9/11. I awoke to a phone call from a friend at the airport, where her flight had been canceled, and turned on the TV just a few minutes before the second plane hit the World Trade Center ...
It feels like just yesterday that America lost Charlie Kirk. I remember every detail vividly. Charlie and I were in daily contact that week, as he prepared for his next national campus speaking tour. I was part of an intimate Zoom meeting he had organized the night prior to its first ...
The Trump administration is drafting a rule that would let married couples with a stay-at-home spouse collect federal welfare benefits. The money comes from a 1990s Health and Human Services fund meant to cover daycare so low-income parents could work or go to school. About 870,000 families ...
It occurred to me recently that one good thing has come out of the unfortunate manner in which local entities have tried to sell Marshalltown to data center developers: It has brought the community together. It has given us a common cause to fight together. I’m surprised and impressed to see how many people are showing up, speaking out and not backing down. I’m grateful to be a part of a community that has the courage to say no. I’m proud that so many people think our land, our resources and our quality of life are worth more than a promise of a handful of jobs and some potential ...
“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.” Genesis 1:1,27. The singular personal pronoun “He” indicates that God is one person. “Do you thus repay the LORD, you foolish and senseless people? Is not he your father, who created you, who made you and established you?” Deuteronomy 32:6 “When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,” Psalm ...
