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Moral reckonings

Even in spite of the current decadent and oppressive moral atmosphere dominating Iowa politics today, there are still refreshing breaths of fresh air. Unitarian-Universalist churches and fellowships (often called “UU’s”) have had a long and positive historic presence throughout America, as well in Iowa. Great philosophers and thinkers such as Emerson and Thoreau and many others frequented meetings. UU attendees are known for being considerate of all beliefs and for encouraging one to be open-minded, to learn, and to seek one’s own truth. True to form, the Peoples UU Church in ...

Rule of law

On March 30, 2023 a grand jury of citizens brought an indictment against Donald Trump in New York. These were not Democratic henchmen, but citizens randomly chosen who looked at the evidence and thought it deserved a trial. It was assigned to Justice Merchan presiding over criminal matters, since 2009. The trial has presented documents and testimony to support the indictment during the persecution portion of the trial. Senator Grassley should understand the rule of law and how the grand jury works since he’s on the Judiciary Committee, yet he calls the trial a “pollical ...

City council vs. Cartwright Downtown Farmer’s Market

The Marshalltown City Council is being unsupportive of the Cartwright Downtown Farmer’s Market. This market is important to the 30+ almost 40 vendors that participate in it on Wednesdays and Saturdays. The council ignored that we needed two driveways into our parking lot. We know only one off of 2nd Ave. The only other option is to use an alley. There have been other things that have happened, but I don’t know all of them since I was originally someone who visited and now am a first year vendor. My eventual plan is to open a storefront here in Marshalltown, which is why I am ...

Where do rights come from?

Secularism is defined as the indifference to or rejection or exclusion of religion. Our society is relegating religion to the confines inside the walls of our homes and churches. Secularists claim science and reason is the basis for explaining truth. We humans are simply a product of ‘chemical accidents’ and this world is all there is, there is nothing for us after we die. As our society, our culture, becomes more secular we are bringing up a new generation of secular progeny. If you were not created for any special purpose, if there is no afterlife, life is pretty depressing ...

Feenstra should take a stand against endless wars

In Randy Feenstra’s letter to the Times Republican newspaper, he truly showed his great love to our American veterans. At the same time Randy Feenstra shows his 100 percent support of the billions of dollars that is being spent on our never ending wars. In 2022, when military contractors made $280 billion off of our never ending wars, where was Randy Feenstra’s voice, showing his opposition to this kind of spending? I don’t want my tax money being spent on these never ending wars and I want my Senate and Congress person to speak out showing his disapproval of our tax money being ...

Library Board has acted responsibly

It seems that two or three citizens continue to pressure the Library Director and the Board of Directors to offer Epoch Times and American Rifleman. The Board has addressed this issue in a responsible and professional manner many times over the past couple of years. One citizen suggested that the Board may have a liberal bias, and another said that the library may be representing private interests rather than the public interest. Be assured that every possible political point of view is represented in the collection. I encourage the public to support the Board and finally ignore a few ...