Human trafficking is modern-day slavery. This ugly and despicable crime is, unfortunately, happening every day across the country, including in the state of Iowa. The trucking industry is one of many transportation partners actively involved in the fight against human trafficking. With ...
I’ve always loved gardening. No, I’m going to take that a step further: I’ve always loved growing things. Growing things - as in flowers, vegetables, friendships, babies and kids, this column, faith, my marriage, knowledge, compassion, kindness, and most importantly, love. And more, of ...
For our most voracious readers of this column, you will remember that many years ago, it was first called "The Way I See It,' and then, for some strange reason, evolved into "Take A Mulligan," which in all fairness, didn't make any sense at all. Heck, many of my faithful readers had no idea ...
I went to many birthday parties when I was a kid. I don’t remember most of them. One I do remember vividly, however, is the party to which I didn’t receive an invitation. It was in celebration of one of my good friend’s tenth birthdays. I was unaware of such a mega event, which happened ...
I'm sure Dean Fisher didn't like Ashley Hinson or Joni Ernst voting to allow gay marriage to be legal. Would Dean Fisher run against Hinson or Ernst in a Republican primary, or is Dean Fisher scared he would lose to them? If Dean doesn't run against either one of them, in my opinion, scaredy ...
Public schools in Iowa are required to have their school board adopt a budget and have it submitted to the county auditor by April 15 each year. One of the main purposes of the budget is to set the maximum level of expenditures the district intends to spend in the next fiscal year. As a citizen ...
Many years ago, a small boy asked his father, “Why must we surrender our faith and believe something else?” His father replied, “Son, we must abandon our faith so that people will accept us….” This young boy never got over his disappointment and bitterness. His faith in his father ...
What happens when a former president decides he wants his old job back, regardless of what stands in his way? As Donald Trump launches his third run for the White House, it is useful to look back at another ex-president, Theodore Roosevelt, whose campaign to regain the office from his ...
The new year - January as a month - is a time for reflection. To assess our progress in life: where we were, where we are, and where we are going. I’ve learned, in the hard way, that where I was - the past - and where I’m going - the future - don’t hold much mettle. The place to be is ...
As we close out 2022 and usher in a new year, it's time to look back and see what I learned...if anything. After all, many of us have closed out and ushered in many a year, haven't we? And to those in my age bracket (somewhere between 40 and 80), we should have it all figured out by now. I ...