I saw a photo of an author I admire recently, and she had no hair. I worried she was ill, so I immediately investigated. She was not ill. She had cut off all her hair and had done it for good reasons, she said.
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Last Wednesday, March 19, HF 851 passed the Iowa House, a bill that will dramatically reshape the school meal program under the guise of “localizing nutritional standards.” At first glance, the idea of prioritizing Iowa-grown food in school lunches sounds great. But when you look at the details, it...
With the legislative session over halfway done, new troubling signs are emerging for Iowa public schools.
Waterloo announced $10 million in budget cuts with 60 staff positions cut. The Orient-Macksburg public school district is dissolving after this school year and Pella is facing budget cuts....
Dear Editor,
Have you heard or used this idiom? “The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.” It’s not in the Bible, yet resembles Jesus’ words, “No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. Each tree is recognized by its own fruit.” (Matthew 7:17-23). The idiom is a way of...
On June 4, 2024, an op-ed I penned (Project 2025’s threat to democracy) was published in The Fulcrum, a national bipartisan social media platform. It received over 74,000 views and landed as one of the top 10 most read op-eds—out of 1,460—published in 2024.
The op-ed identified how the right-wing...
Dear Editor,
As we approach Iowa Ag Week, March 16-22, I’ve been reflecting on the 55 years our family has been farming in Winnebago County. While we’re deeply tied to the land, our real roots are found in this tight-knit community.
That’s why it’s so important to me as a Winnebago County Farm...
Only an insecure person would send letters to high schools, colleges and SAT College Board personnel threatening them with legal action if they released their academic records. It’s sad that a 78 year old man is obsessed about his grades, which is relatively meaningless as compared to one’s...
Dear Editor,
In a Jan. 21 news article by Gray Media, state representative Henry Stone of Forest City is quoted as saying, “I don’t think it’s right that the collections are happening by companies in say Tennessee or Texas or California, that they have a right to Iowans’ tax money.”
His statement...
My fellow Americans,
With the creation of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and the unprecedentedly disruptive actions taken by DOGE and President Trump in the name of government efficiency, one agency in particular has faced a bevy of attacks on their programs and mission: USAID....
Dear Editor,
I trust, I heard correctly, Iowa’s 4th congressional District U.S. Representative Feenstra proudly beating the drum on gun rights “Protecting the 2nd Amendment from Gov’t Overreach.” (LM Graphic 2/5/25). He and 120 of his congressional colleagues prevailed with a yes vote on H.R. 38,...
I saw a photo of an author I admire recently, and she had no hair. I worried she was ill, so I immediately investigated. She was not ill. She had cut off all her hair and had done it for good reasons, she said. She had done a lot of thinking about her hair—a lot more than I had.
First of all, she...
