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The Library
March 26, 2026
THE LIBRARY A library normally has thousands of books. We should take this as a fact, as a basis of our discussion. A second well-known fact, or projection...
The Search for Intelligent Life
March 21, 2026
THE SEARCH FOR INTELLIGENT LIFE The search for intelligent life in the universe continues with new telescopes, computerized data, and now presumably AI. A...
No Mismatches Allowed
March 13, 2026
NO MISMATCHES ALLOWED As Iowans we should be proud of our legislative efforts. We are a State that is leading the nation in extinguishing any diversity and...
My Identity
March 6, 2026
MY IDENTITY I had a brief conversation some time ago where I made the comment that from what reading I have done, I do not see much comradery between the...
No Shots For You
March 1, 2026
NO SHOTS FOR YOU Our Iowa legislators are in the process of passing legislation which is certainly unneeded. They are in the process of deciding that kids...
Correction
February 25, 2026
Before anyone, or too many, come to the conclusion that I don’t know what I’m talking about, Article 1, Section 7 should be Article 1, Section 8. I felt it...
A Trifling Matter
February 24, 2026
A TRIFLING MATTER Well, it appears that the Supreme Court and the President don't see eye-to-eye, or in other words, disagree. This is on tariffs of all...
AH! IT'S THE BOOKS AGAIN
February 16, 2026
AH! IT'S THE BOOKS AGAIN Books are on their mind. It usually is this time of year when the legislature is nearing midterm finalizing various legislative...
The Ayatollah Comes to Iowa
February 6, 2026
THE AYATOLLAH COMES TO IOWA And it is about time I would say; a theocracy is long over due. It's time religion replaces parties - - parties have always been...
Put'tem in Prison!
January 29, 2026
PUT'TEM IN PRISON! I'm so excited, as a criminal defense attorney, that our Iowa legislature is once again thinking: 'incarceration'. As they well know,...
We'll Wait and See
January 18, 2026
WE'LL WAIT AND SEE The words of our long time senator, Charles Grassley: "I'll wait to see what the FBI investigation shows". This is, if one were not aware,...
Crusading We Shall Go!
December 28, 2025
CRUSADING WE SHALL GO! I'm for it - - a Crusade. We haven't had a real crusade since 1271-1272, nearly a thousand years ago when once again Christian Europe...
Hello Greenland!
December 24, 2025
HELLO GREENLAND! I wonder how well a tank would do on a glacier. It would be fun to find out, wouldn't it? This idea to invade Greenland is great. A new...
A Leisurely Life
November 27, 2025
A LEISURELY LIFE Once again I have learned that AI, as all new technology has done, is to give us more leisure and less work. This is spoken of as an...
Not Good for Business
November 8, 2025
NOT GOOD FOR BUSINESS Previously I have commended President Trump on his efforts to increase the business of criminal defense attorneys. It is appreciated....
SNAP
October 30, 2025
SNAP As a followup on our household debt discussion, it would be worthwhile to take a look at SNAP officially known as "Supplemental Nutrition Assistance...
$18,400,000,000,000
October 29, 2025
$18,400,000,000,000 This is the number that an article this past week used to describe the household debt in the United States. Presuming that it could be...
Good for Business
October 17, 2025
GOOD FOR BUSINESS As you know, me being a criminal defense lawyer, I'm always looking for ways to make my particular profession more profitable. This being...
Climate Radicalism
September 30, 2025
CLIMATE RADICALISM Well, we have a whole new radicalism to concern ourselves with. This coming from our own attorney general, Brenna Bird; and it must be so...
Those Bureaucrats!
September 20, 2025
THOSE BUREAUCRATS! Senator Ernst is once again belaboring bureaucrats; once again suggesting that bureaucrats are bad and we need to understand this once and...
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