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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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...
Dear Editor,
“You won’t really seek to be a dictator if elected, will you?” asked Sean Hannity in a pre-November 2024 election interview. “No,” replied candidate Donald Trump, “except for the first day. I will be a dictator on Day 1.”
Ever faithful to his primary modus operandi, Donald Trump...
Our cat, Felix, has turned into an excellent little traveler.
“What do you do with your cat?” we are invariably asked when we tell people we are headed off to Mexico to spend the second half of the winter.
“Oh! Felix is from Mexico,” my husband, Peter, tells them. “He’s just coming back with us...
With the first few weeks of the legislative session under our belts, it’s time to turn our attention to one of our most important duties - supporting public education.
Probably the biggest decision in front of us is deciding how much money the state will invest in public schools across the state,...
USAID is an independent agency of the United States government that is primarily responsible for administering civilian foreign aid and development assistance. With a budget of over $50 billion, USAID is one of the largest official aid agencies in the world and accounts for more than half of all U....
My father and my niece have a wonderful tradition.
Born just 69 years and one week apart, they have celebrated their birthdays together for as long as my niece has had a birthday. Last night, we all went out to eat and then went to my sister’s house to open presents and have birthday cake. I...
