Senator Joni Ernst had a great fall in her Iowa town hall and the nation saw the first cracks in Humpty Dumpty. Her defense of the cuts in Medicaid to decrease the deficit rang hollow in that meeting place. It is becoming clear to even the one-eyed kings in the kingdom of the blind that ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says heart disease and cancer are the two leading causes of death in the U.S. I’d like to add a third one: Iowa Senator Joni Ernst. Her flippant “we all are going to die” comment at a May 30 town hall is one to remember as we look ahead to ...

Iowans must come together to tackle the climate crisis. Climate shocks are expected to impact Iowa soon. We require energy-efficient home upgrades throughout all neighborhoods. This includes improved wall insulation, energy-saving windows, heat pumps, and energy recovery ventilation systems. ...

Representative Feenstra from our District 4 has begun to raise corporate money so he can run for governor. His platform is to support Trump. He is especially proud of Trump’s war on immigrants. We don’t have a border law or a guest worker program for all the farm workers that Iowa needs. ...

During the last Presidential election the vast majority of eligible voters (a whopping 36%) chose not to vote at all, a visceral scream echoing the current dismay with both our dominant political parties. Only 31% of eligible voters cast their ballot for Democrats, a flailing party whose ...

I am 90 years old, and walk with a cane. I went to the HyVee gas station to put air in my tires. I pulled in beside another car and was figuring out how the pump worked, when an angel appeared in the form of a young man, who said “Can I help you?” I told him I could do it, he insisted and ...