Category Archives: Blogs

Happy Whatever Day It Is When I was growing up, in school we celebrated Abraham Lincoln's Birthday on February 12th and George Washington's Birthday on February 22nd. The latter was a federal holiday,...

The One Good Thing The one good thing to come out of the U.S. House impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas this week is that a dark chapter in Iowa history may fade a little more fr...

Age is Just a Number There has been lots of conversation about certain politicians being too old to serve in high office. But let's be honest, for the most part they don't mean age by number...they me...

Plugging the Leaks One of the early signs of trouble in the Trump White House was the large amount of leaks to the news media from inside the Administration. That's a sign of folks on the inside not l...

Earning Respect A new Rasmussen Poll may have some folks scratching their heads...but those are the ones who still don't understand Donald Trump's appeal to vast numbers of ordinary Americans. Rasmuss...

Kamala Takes the 25th The 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution provides a mechanism for removing a president from office due to inability to perform the duties of the job. The President may volunta...

A Sympathic, Elderly Man with a Poor Memory Don't take my word for that assessment of President Biden...it's the assessment of the special counsel investigating whether Biden mishandled government doc...

On The Rise The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office yesterday projecting that federal budget deficits will rise to over $2 trillion per year in the next decade. Let that sink in. We're not talking...

Mailbag By The Numbers It's been another active week for my email in box, including a number of items about numbers. A recent study shows singles looking for love online for Valentine's Day next week ...

Theft in Broad Daylight I was re-reading the current issue of "Iowa History Journal" over the weekend, including the story about how the John Dillinger gang rather brazenly robbed a bank in downtown M...