Category Archives: Blogs

Budget Wish List A survey was released yesterday showing what items given as Christmas gifts are most often returned to the store by recipients. Something that is not on the list, but should be, is "p...

Iowa Nice on Ice We just came through an ice storm that left a half inch of ice on many places in Eastern Iowa, with folks still sliding around a bit in the aftermath. The storm was predicted to hit o...

Flights Grounded   During the first Trump Administration, the then-President was criticized because of changes he wanted to make to the paint scheme of the proposed new Air Force One. Too gaudy, ...

H.R. 1 Much attention has been focused on what executive orders President-Elect Donald Trump will sign on day one of his second term. Even better would be legislation actually passed by the new Congre...

The People Are Speaking   I filled in for Todd Starnes hosting his national program yesterday, and if the callers to that show are any indication, they expect the U.S. Senate to get to work right...

Senatorial Privilege When Donald Trump first became president in 2017, both chambers of Congress had Republican majorities. At first glance, it would seem tailor-made for moving an agenda forward. But...

Directing Your Attention We're still 45 days or so away from Inauguration Day...but you'd be excused if you thought Donald Trump was already president. He's got world leaders flying to meet with him i...

What If? I'm not a big fan of the "what if" game...what if this happened, or what if that happened, as opposed to what did happen. But it did occur to me the other day, as Donald Trump prepared to pus...

Keep Your Replies To Yourself Maybe it's the Scrooge in me coming out at this holiday time of year, but if I could have one wish this Christmas, it would be for the "reply all" key within people's ema...

I Beg Your Pardon   Raise your hand if you were surprised that President Joe Biden pardoned his son over the weekend.   Nope, me neither.   No matter how many times it was denied to be ...