I’m once again going to tell Congress how to do its job.
I’ve never been much for surfing lazily through the TV channels in search of something interesting.
If our climate crisis requires plucky survival strategies, consider Israel: a narrow strip of semi-arid land sustaining 9 million people, without much oil, bounded by hostility and the sea.
Iowa Republicans notched a slam dunk in 2020.
It’s cold.
Really cold.
And it’s cold in the midst of a pandemic.
So everyone’s trying to cope. Sometimes not an easy challenge.
Gov. Kim Reynolds’ message for Iowans has been consistent since the coronavirus pandemic arrived a year ago:
It’s 18 below outside. The car wouldn’t start and the furnace faltered a few days back. A new battery and furnace filter later, we are confined with an impeachment trial on the television.
It’s that time of year when the toilet seat seems unnaturally cold.
Now imagine, on a morning like any this week, having to squat over a cold piece of cookware in an unheated garage.
Most businesses dream of the situation in which Greene County Public Health finds itself: demand that far outstrips supply.
Through the years, the Iowa Legislature has chosen an official state flower and a state bird. There’s also a state tree and even an official rock.