“Rod Stewart Hair” “I like your hair!” a woman at the party said.
Dear Editor,
“What Cats Like” “I’ve been reading about cats,” my husband, Peter, tells me. Peter has never had a cat before. “Oh, yeah?” “Salt is not good for their kidneys. We have to give Felix unsalted fish.”
Q: Will Congress renew the Farm Bill this year?
Dear Editor, As we approach Ag Week, March 17-23, I’ve been reflecting on the 82 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.
“A Borrowed Plate” My husband, Peter, and I were surprised that two plates were missing.

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“Yes” and “no” are two simple words, but they carry a ton of weight. We live in a fast-paced world where we make hundreds of decisions every day about how to spend our time. And since time is our most precious resource, we should all be careful about how often we say yes. Easier said than done,...
Empathy and sympathy are both ways we respond to the suffering of people around us. But there’s a crucial difference: Sympathy is acknowledging someone else’s pain, but empathy is choosing to feel the pain with them. Sympathy says, “I care about you,” while empathy says, “I’m hurting with you...
“Hardworking People” We are reaching that point in remodeling where we seriously question whether we will ever be done. After we finally found a plumber, we thought our worries were over and progress began briskly. Our plumber had a delightful and exceptionally competent young fellow from Kenya,...
Texas. I see the license plate all the time . . . I know it’s common for many in this area to snowbird there (or for many originally from this area to move down) . . . I know Austin sounds super chill and fun, and the rest of the state . . . not so much. I definitely know the state government is...
We’re facing an incredible volume of facts, opinions, and emotions about Afghanistan and the events of the past few weeks. To evaluate these events, we first need to reduce everything to a common denominator. For me that amounts to evaluating where we stand relative to our national interests. For...
Q: Why do you still go to every county in Iowa every year? A: My 99-county tour is one of the most important things I do to make sure I’m representing Iowans well. When Iowans first elected me to Congress, I represented 18 counties in Iowa’s third congressional district. Since day one, I made it a...
There’s a lot of talk right now about a four-day work week, both globally and here in the United States. In Iceland, over 80 percent of the workforce now has the four-day work week as an option, and the concept is catching on. Spain, New Zealand and Japan are giving it a shot, and a California...
“Part of the Family” I met my former mother-in-law, “Mama Lou,” and my former father-in-law, “Poppo,” when I was not yet 20 years old. I hitched a ride to meet them, terrified because I’d spoken to my future mother-in-law on the phone and she sounded exactly like Lauren Bacall. I arrived at their...
Q: Are contract producers eligible for pandemic relief assistance? A: The market disruptions along the food supply chain last year created havoc from farm to fork, impacting producers, processors, grocers, restaurants and consumers. When COVID-19 shutdown processing facilities, the bottleneck...
The CDC has recently determined the R0 (R naught) value of the Delta variant of COVID-19 is anywhere from five to 9.5. What does that mean? Technically speaking, it means that an individual infected with the Delta variant will infect anywhere from five to nine other people. In layman’s terms...

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