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To all the students, parents, and educators we serve, welcome back! Having students “back” in school (whether virtually or in person) provides some of the normalcy and structure we all need right now. The teachers and school administrators I talk with have truly missed having kids in their...
The world continues to groan from a variety of problems affecting each of us, whether it is the worldwide corona virus pandemic, social, political, economic unrest or fear for safety of family members in various parts of the country and world.
I am thinking of three grandchildren in or near the...
Echoes from the Loafers' Club Meeting
For over 37 years, I've been going to the same barber. And
how does he reward my loyalty?
I can't muster a guess.
He retires!
Driving by Bruce's drive
I have a wonderful neighbor, named Bruce. Whenever I pass his drive, thoughts occur to me, such as: I...
As if things weren’t hard enough for Iowa’s small businesses, news comes that the administration plans to claw back a chunk of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds legitimate businesses have used as a lifeline to keep their employees on the payroll.
When Congress passed PPP, the legislation...
88th General
Assembly:
A big topic on the minds of everyone right now, especially parents, teachers and children, is going back to school. Amid all the uncertainty, everybody is doing their best in trying to provide some stability and certainty for students and their education. While things may...
Prior to ratification of the 19th Amendment on August 18, 1920 and its formal certification on Aug. 26, 1920, many small steps eventually led to suffrage (women’s right to vote). It all started on June 12, 1840, when Lucreita Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lady Byron tried to attend the World...
Echoes from the Loafers' Club Meeting
You're eating your tomato soup with a fork.
I know.
Why are you doing that?
I don't like tomato soup.
Driving by Bruce's drive
I have a wonderful neighbor, named Bruce. Whenever I pass his drive, thoughts occur to me, such as: It rained hard enough for...
As America celebrates the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage this month, it’s worth remembering how narrowly the movement succeeded.
Congress passed the 19th Amendment in 1919 before sending it to the states for ratification. Thirty-six states needed to approve it before it could become law,...
Echoes from the Loafers' Club Meeting
A sweater I bought was filled with static electricity, so I returned it to the store.
Did you get a different sweater?
Yes, they gave me one free of charge.
Driving by Bruce's drive
I have a wonderful neighbor named Bruce. Whenever I pass his drive,...
The 19th century German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) maintained that we all have free will. At issue, he says, is who or what shaped that will.
“Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.” In other words, perception becomes our reality.
What...