Category Archives: Blogs

Taxing Tips I'm not a big fan of the concept of tips...adding a percentage or an amount to your bill, typically at a restaurant if the experience was good. Some places pool all the tips for a shift an...

Honoring the Flag Today is Flag Day...honoring our national flag, the design for which was approved on this date in 1777 by the Continental Congress. The original idea is credited to Wisconsin school ...

Numbers Game A researcher has selected a few key items from the federal government's consumer price index data, posted online for all to see. But put all together like this, it's striking. Since the c...

Pay Your Debt   The Biden Administration has made it a priority to relieve borrowers of their student loan obligation. Never mind that those who benefit most are actually highly-paid professional...

Congressional Betting Tomorrow is the annual Congressional Baseball Game, an annual bi-partisan event started in 1909 where members of Congress compete on the diamond. That's 115 years of history. The...

Hire Me Thousands of freshly-minted college graduates are hitting the job market at the same time employers are struggling to find workers. In one respect, it sounds like a match made in Heaven. But i...

More Coincidences There are a few places online where you can buy coffee mugs and t-shirts with slogans on them, saying something to the effect of, "I need new conspiracy theories...mine have all come...

Close Now, Not Later Two of Iowa's four members of the U.S. House of Representatives faced primary election challengers this cycle. Both won, but it was closer than some would have thought. But that d...

In The Arena Iowa held its primary election yesterday. Most of you did not notice or participate. You had to be a Republican, Democrat, or Libertarian...in other words, a member of one of the recogniz...

Timing Is Interesting The President is scheduled to sign an executive order today to place limits on the southern border. There are a number of things that are curious at best about this, and they are...