For a person who is not actively farming, I spend a lot of my time thinking about agriculture. One question which has puzzled me is how farmers are expected to have a second job. What other profession has this expectation? No one tells a doctor, lawyer, or HR person, they need another job to ...
“And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.” Colossians 3:17 Today, you and I have work to do. In his first letter to the Corinthians, when the apostle Paul instructed the church to welcome Timothy ...
Since Jan. 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump has been working around the clock to put American Farmers First after inheriting one of the toughest farm economies our country has faced in decades. Here in Iowa, farmers and ranchers know the challenges firsthand – rising input costs, volatile ...
Last year, more than 4,600 Iowa taxpayers helped boost wildlife conservation with donations to the Fish and Wildlife Fund on their state tax form. This represents a decline of 12 percent from the 2023 tax year. Overall, the number of donors to the long-standing check-off have declined by more ...
Do you have an idea on how to improve your school, neighborhood, community, county, state, nation or beyond? Then attend the Iowa Caucuses on Monday, February 2, 2026, at 7 p.m. Write a plank and submit it for a vote to then be submitted to the county platform committee if adopted. This is the ...
Many historical milestones will dot the calendar this year as Americans look to celebrate the 250th anniversary of our nation’s independence on July the Fourth. Just after the turn of the new year in 1776, a 47-page pamphlet titled “Common Sense” helped change the course of human ...
Last fall, I wrote several articles about fairy tales (accessible here, here, and here) as an essential part of our cultural inheritance from Christian medieval Europe, stories that teach us about the real world of good and evil described in the Bible by shaping a child’s imagination. But so ...
Shrek is a 2001 animated comedy movie featuring the voice acting of Mike Myers and Eddie Murphy. The movie begins with a telling of a fairy tale from a beautiful gilded book, much like the beginning of Disney’s Snow White and Cinderella.The story is the traditional St. George fairy tale: the ...
One of the pillars of our cultural inheritance is the fairy tales that have been handed down through the generations. These stories are memorable because they are logical, enjoyable, and profoundly true, steeped in the biblical truth of Christian medieval Europe. They are second only to the ...
As the 2nd session of the 91st general assembly kicks off, house republicans will continue to remain focused on the issues Iowans care about the most. From meaningful property tax relief to public safety as well as honoring our veterans, here’s what is happening at the Capitol. ...