Everyone has their favorite holiday. Mine is Christmas Eve. Love it. But, alas, it's Thanksgiving time soon, so we must give this special holiday it's fair share of time. After all, Thanksgiving seems to be getting to be an after-thought between Halloween, (did you see all the decorations this ...

I’m thankful for many things, not the least being having a President who cares, perhaps too much, about the health and well-being of everyone. He cares not only for Democrats, but for everyone, even the Trumpers who ridicule and despise him. If the tables were turned, Trump was still ...

As a candidate for the House of Representatives for the 72nd, here’s some of the multiple project I’d like to see happen. Make the former Iowa Juvenile Home a corporate park. Since 14 UFOs buzzed the USS Saratoga, it’s a small leap, they have high end technology companies like General ...

It has been a challenge for the Wieting Theatre Guild these past 19 months with the derecho and COVID-19. Safety of our volunteers and patrons has been our continued concern. At this time movies are only shown on Friday and Sunday evenings to small crowds with masks recommended and the ...

In just a little more than a week, we as a country will, (or should), take time to officially say "Thank You" to our Veterans. Actually every time we get the chance, we should thank our many Veterans for a job well done. What exactly is a Veteran anyway...besides someone who served in our Armed ...

There is nothing like growing up in a small town (or two). I always knew the Tama-Toledo community did a lot to help my family growing up. I recall community blood drives to try to help pay back some of the large quantity of blood products used by my two brothers’ treatments for ...

Here is the $64,000 question. Just exactly how old is old? In my teens, I figured it was about 35 but when I was getting close to that age, it seemed fairly young, but 50 definitely was old. No doubt about that. Fifty for sure, until I got there. Yeah, not as good a third baseman anymore but ...

Religious organizations have long enjoyed huge tax exemptions in our country, with a current estimation that churches in the US avoid paying $71 billion in taxes annually. Religious institutions pay no taxes; local, state, or federal. They pay no taxes on extensive investments, interests ...

When you become a senior citizen we have discovered you take time to appreciate life more than when you are young, particularly nature. During the evening through the summer, we would spend some time in our swing, watching and listening to birds. One morning when we were going out to go to ...

Radical conservative proponents, an oddly coalesced group commonly clumped together now as “White Christian Nationals”, constantly complain about too much government interference. This all while pushing for yet more harsh government controls regarding who can vote, what history can be ...