On a scorching hot day in mid-July, prolonged flooding on the Mississippi River that weaves along the eastern border of …Read More
Category: Editorials
Let us honor the humanity and basic needs of migrants
(Editor’s note: The following extract from an editorial in the June 30 issue of “The Hill” website, was written by …Read More
Be a friend of a friend
Jaky Torres fled Honduras on foot last fall with her 10-year-old son Isaac after criminal gangs threatened to kill her …Read More
‘Empower’ persons with brain injury
Doctors diagnose 1.7 million people with traumatic brain injury each year in the U.S.; 33,430 of them are Iowans, and …Read More
A salute to the worker bees
Delegates at the Vision 20/20 Convocation commented about the hospitality they experienced, the high-quality speakers they listened to and the …Read More
Vision 20/20 Convocation: it starts with respect
When you gather 450 delegates on a college campus to brainstorm about revitalization of the Catholic Church in southeast Iowa, …Read More
Setting an example for the Iowa Legislature
Memo to the Iowa Legislature: In the next general assembly, please follow the example of compromise that Governor Kim Reynolds …Read More