In the Charles Dickens’ classic, “A Christmas Carol,” three ghosts show up on Christmas Eve and go to work trying to convince Scrooge to change his ways. That’s better in-person attendance than you can expect to find in a Washington, D.C. office these days. In fact, you’re more ...

On Wednesday, Dec. 18, President Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) delivered yet another blow to the American auto industry and affordability for our families. The EPA announced that it granted California permission to phase out the sale of gas-powered cars in the state. In doing ...

This is the time of year to reflect on the past 12 months and look forward to good things to come in the next year. In my short time in Marshalltown, I have been encouraged by all the positive things happening both in the City organization and in the community. The City completed the State ...

Last week, after 50 years of tyranny and repression, the government of Bashar Assad fell in Syria. It fell thanks to a combination of three forces: first, Israel’s military utterly eviscerated Assad’s foreign military support base, the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia; second, Ukraine has ...

This fall, shortly after the election, the House passed a dangerous piece of legislation that many are calling the “nonprofit killer” bill. The bill has an incongruous title: the “Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act.” Among other things, it would give the ...

I’m the last of eight children, i.e. the baby of the family, and I was spoiled. I didn’t realize it at the time, but as I look back now through the lens of a father and grandfather, I was spoiled rotten. My next oldest sibling, my sister, three years older than me, knew it full well, you ...