The neurologist gave me the diagnosis I didn’t want to hear: “Severe Idiopathic Neuropathy.” I pretended to know what he meant. Ginnie, the lab-tech, told me later that “Idiopathic” simply means the condition arises spontaneously, cause unknown. Great. Neuropathy is a pain or tingling ...
Lots of topics get swept under the rug because they’re not comfortable for us to confront. Sometimes we’d rather pretend the problems don’t exist or couldn’t happen in a place like Iowa. But they do, and it can happen anywhere—even in our great state. It is our obligation to confront ...
AWall Street Journal opinion piece by Sen. Mitt Romney regarding the demise of the No Labels political party initiative tells us as much about Romney, and why he failed to ever become a national leader, as it does about the failure of the No Labels effort. No Labels defined its mission “to ...
There are some topics that are difficult to discuss. One of those topics is sexual assault. April is nationally recognized as Sexual Assault Awareness Month and provides an opportunity for us to embrace uncomfortable conversations to support victims of this crime. Every 68 seconds, an ...
Early intervention can make a difference. No two children develop, grow, and learn in the same way or at the same pace. Healthy development means that children grow to their full potential and the first three years of life are a period of incredible growth in all areas of a baby’s ...
Gov. Kim Reynolds continued her war on public schools earlier this month when she narrowly won Senate confirmation of McKenzie Snow to lead the Iowa Department of Education (DoE). Snow is the wrong choice for the 500,000+ kids who attend our public schools, and I fully expect her to carry out ...