If you’re over 40, you might remember an iconic 30-second commercial produced in 1992 by the Beef Industry Council and Beef Board. It opened with a burst of fiddles playing an excerpt of Aaron …

The school field trip tragedy last week at Lake Macbride State Park again demonstrated the adage that a rumor can travel halfway around the globe while the truth is still putting on its shoes. …

We’re now only about five weeks out from Election Day 2026. Iowa voters may cast their ballots at their county auditor’s office starting Wednesday, Oct. 14, about two weeks from now. If …

First, the wonderful. I got rid of cable TV about 15 years ago. At first, I tried 3 or 4 sites like Hulu, Apple TV, Pluto TV and others, but found that I was paying almost the same amount for …

The 19th annual BVRMC AWARE 5K Walk/Run and Kid’s Fun Run was held on Saturday, Sept. 19. We had 418 registrants and raised over $20,000 for cancer awareness. These funds will help support patients …

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird is failing her most fundamental job: protecting the health, safety, and lives of the people who elected her. Instead of acting as a vigorous steward of our …

In the heart of the campaign and election season, it is important for citizens to take stock of where we are today as a country, ask how we have arrived at this point, and what our personal …

It was a no-shirt, sweat trickling down my back kind of day as my friends and I ditched our Stingray bikes for the cool backyard grass. As we lay there, we heard a distant rumble as a white streak …

Controversy surrounds the Center for Intellectual Freedom at the University of Iowa. A key justification for the Center is to expand civics education beyond the high school curriculum. Given that …

Here we are weeks away from the election. Democrats are the party of “tax and spend policies,” Republicans are the party of   “borrow and spend policies.” Diesel and hamburger prices are …

American Reformed Theologian Reinhold Niebuhr once opined “Man’s capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man’s inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.” Is there a …

Iowa is setting up for a course correction one month out from the November midterm elections. The Republicans’ 10-year grip over the state’s politics is slipping. Iowa is aiming to elect a …

Rep. Ashley Hinson has been a loyal soldier for President Trump in Congress and a tireless partisan in the Second District. This week she voted in support of the war on Iran while her Republican …

A trip to Illinois and Indiana last week gave us a view of the economic future — and it doesn’t look pretty. Gasoline prices were $5 per gallon and diesel was going for as much as $7.28 …

Writer Wendell Berry died on Aug. 31. A smidge over two weeks later, writer Annie Dillard died at the age of 81. Compared to Berry, who was 92, she was a pup. They both wrote fiction, poetry, and …

When dealing with the Iowa Public Information Board, being a mind-reader helps. That is one takeaway from the board’s dismissal last week of a public-records complaint against Attorney General …

This year is the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America. It’s also the 150th anniversary of the closest America has ever come to a constitutional meltdown over the …

Iowa gets most of its income in the form of three types of taxes: income taxes, property taxes and sales taxes along with federal funds. Iowa has had a graduated, progressive tax rate system since …

“Brain rot” has become the perfect insult for Gen Z and Gen Alpha internet culture. Trends such as aura farming, looksmaxxing, mogging, and “6-7″ are sometimes described as meaningless, …

Growing up in the 1970s in beautiful, scenic and picturesque Storm Lake, I was fortunate in many different ways. My two older brothers, Kevin and Kent (Storm Lake High School classes of 1977 and …