New York has been voted the ugliest American city, not because of its architecture, but because of its people.
As I sit here admiring my 88-cent container of mustard, I can’t help feeling self-conscious.
If there’s one thing I want my community to know during May Beef Month, it’s that despite what you may read in mainstream media, beef is a sustainable protein.
The events of the past six months in Israel and Gaza have me wishing it were possible to have just one more lunch with a friend who died four years ago.
A remarkable interview took place on CBS’s Face the Nation on May 5. Margaret Brennan interviewed a woman from Jordan who came across as brighter and better informed than any other voice I hav…
History on the rerun. Ghosts of Mississippi. Magnolia State maintains its horrendously racist image.
The lockdowns instituted during the COVID pandemic were only supposed to last a few days. Remember, “14 days to flatten the curve” was all that was needed to keep hospitals from being overwhel…
Recommend the following action be taken against unlawful anti-American and anti-semitic protestors.
My mother would have been considered eccentric had she been financially wealthy.
WASHINGTON — For two weeks, former President Donald Trump has been cooped up in a Manhattan courtroom on charges that he falsified records to conceal payments to a porn actress.
Six months to go!
In her Jan. 17, Journal-Pilot letter: “Guess Who Died”, Robin Garrison Leach talked about how her and her husband has ‘reached the unenviable age that is marked by almost daily obituary notice…
Millions of lifelong Democrats are now having second thoughts about having voted for the sociopathic ingrates who’ve been running that party into the ground and turning our country into a livi…
Way back when I was a boy, the U.S. Supreme Court was so revered as an institution that my fourth-grade teacher required us to learn the names of all nine members. We kids could never have ima…
Last week, amid nationwide student protesting that threatened Jewish students and effectively shut down college campuses, twenty-seven Republican senators sent Attorney General Merrick Garland…
For many young people, summer is a season to consider job opportunities. Some may simply want to earn some extra money while others see a chance to gain some experience to ready them for a goo…
Help Save Lives for National Fentanyl Awareness Day
If you want to see a flying whale, go to the Natural History Museum in London.
Did you ever try to count
Drawing on her experience as an educator and motivational speaker, and her love of children, animals and the farm, Denise McCormick is about to announce the publication of her second children’…
The venerable comic strip “Gasoline Alley” is wrapping up a storyline in which the dastardly assistant mayor schemed to change the town’s name from Gasoline Alley to the ostensibly more modern…
John F. Kennedy won the Pulitzer Prize for his book “Profiles In Courage,” a series of essays that focused on eight senators throughout U.S. history who — despite serious pressures from their …
I became a smidge peeved from the comment of actress/comedian Ellen DeGeneres: “I became this one-dimensional character who gave stuff away and danced up steps.” “Do you know how hard it is to…
I recently wrote a letter to the editor addressing people who believe things that aren’t true. Right on cue, Denis Burk writes a letter trying to tell us what MAGA “policies” are promoting. It…
Your grandparents can retire if Biden remains President. Why? Because of immigration. Trump and his MAGAetts want to close the borders to prevent immigration. President Biden, Democrats and a …
I just read the article about Charles Grassley’s recent visit to the economic development building. He stated that there have been no immigration bill introduced to the senate since 2018. I gu…
Artificial intelligence (AI) was engineered to make our lives easier but poses the possibility of being twisted into menacing machines that wage war against mankind. At least, it’s a familiar …
Todd Blanche, who’s stuck with the hapless task of defending Donald Trump in criminal court, mouthed something in his opening statement that really pissed me off. At first I wasn’t sure I’d he…
Fern K. Martin, 96, of Keokuk, passed away Monday, April 22, 2024, at River Hills Village in Keokuk.
Across the states, America’s public employee pension plans are a ticking, insolvent time bomb.
The Legislature took an important step last week in voting to toughen penalties for state and local officials who violate a key government transparency tool, Iowa’s open meetings law.
The deadly flu virus is not just “for the birds” anymore!
Animal lovers in Iowa might be barking up the wrong tree when donating to their favorite cause.
I’ve heard it said that “All wealth comes from the soil.” Sitting in my recliner in our living room (my favorite place in the house), looking through the picture window at the fields that surr…
I am now at the age when I am convinced that the world is going to Hades in a handbasket.
Joe Biden has claimed that the MAGA movement is the main cause of America’s present problems. Hillary Clinton has told interviewers that MAGA people need to go through a re-education. Trump su…
Bathroom floor tiles that weigh you, analyze your gait and evaluate your fall risk. Bathroom mirrors that initiate telehealth conferences based on your complexion or facial tics. Toilet seats …
John Paul II once stated that “there can be no rule of law … unless citizens and especially leaders are convinced that there is no freedom without truth.”
Despite inflation-adjusted incomes falling dramatically since January 2021, Americans are buying more than ever. That may sound like a contradiction, but it’s perfectly possible, at least in t…
Andrew Whitcomb, a hardworking journeyman electrician, was setting up a work zone on the Great River Bridge on Oct. 18, 2022, when he was struck and killed by a driver who was looking at her phone.
Soon, personal artificial intelligence agents will streamline and automate processes that range from buying your groceries to selling your home. You’ll tell it what you want, and it will do th…
“Unsustainable” is a fascinating word, especially when it is used in government and politics. Merriam-Webster, the dictionary folks, tell us unsustainable means something cannot be continued o…
For those too young to fully remember the OJ Simpson trial, it was a television spectacle with all the makings of a Hollywood blockbuster.
Because I’m a professional practitioner of the pedagogical arts (known in some parts as fancy book learnin’), I’m privileged to enjoy a Spring Break holiday that usually falls during the same …
In the whirlwind of emergencies, amidst chaos and urgency, there exists a silent force often unnoticed—the team of 911 Telecommunicators at LeeComm. As a member of this community and the direc…
I wanted to make sure our residents are aware, that this very minute, members of our state senate are trying to sneak in a new tax on forest lands. This bill has already passed the house. Very…
Saigon, now officially known as Ho Chi Minh City, has a metropolitan population of 12 million people, with six-to-seven million motor bikes, and few-and-far-between traffic lights. You won’t s…
“Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day” is on April 25th, and I think we should try something different this year: Let’s take our daughters and sons to grandma’s.
I was pleased to learn an Australian company has received approval to sell cultivated quail meat in Singapore. For those who don’t know, cultivated meat is grown from animal cells, without sla…
I was 13 years old, but I can still recall hearing my mother’s shriek like it was yesterday, followed by her repeated words of “THANK YOU, JESUS,” over and over again.
