Category Archives: Blogs

Question Authority That used to be a popular slogan on t-shirts in the 60s and 70s..."Question Authority". But in the past few years, those who question authority seem to be shouted down subject to ce...

The Picks Are In It's tempting-very tempting-to live and die by each pick made by President-Elect Trump for his forthcoming Trump 2.0 Administration. This one's a home run, this one may cause trouble,...

The Next Generation I saw a post on Twitter/X yesterday, noting the ages of some of those appointed by President-Elect Trump to key posts in the Trump 2.0 Administration. Keep in mind that Trump himse...

Drawing Boundaries Iowa's four congressional districts are redrawn after the U.S. census each decade. The models are done by computers, making sure no counties are cut in half, and that the four distr...

Who Died And Made Them Boss? You may remember a similar taunt, whether between sibling children or on a school playground...someone would get a little too bossy, and one of those resisting would ask, ...

Wearing the Uniform   Today is Veterans Day...the day when we honor those who wore the uniform in service to our nation. Over time, our nation's service men and women may not have gotten the resp...

Let's Do Some Math Warning, there will be a lot of numbers flying by in the next couple of minutes--but I promise, I've already done the math. Donald Trump won both the popular vote and the electoral ...

Alright, So Now What? In one respect, it was like election nights of a generation ago...counting long into the night, and as election day turned into the next day, Americans knew who would be their pr...

To Those Who Ran As I record this commentary on Tuesday, I have no idea who will win or lose the November general election. The one thing we do know is that more candidates will lose than win. There i...

The Day Is Finally Here Well, this was a long time coming-Election Day 2024. Raise your hand if you're more than ready for it to be over. That's what I thought. Me, too. I'm beginning this day the way...