School teacher Mary Beth Goff appreciates U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson’s statement that “public housing should …Read More
Category: Editorials
Famine alert
Ken Hackett, who headed Catholic Relief Services for nearly two decades, knows about famine in the Horn of Africa. “In …Read More
The bread of peace
A scene in the docudrama “The Sultan and the Saint” depicts Muslim troops delivering loaves of flatbread to hungry Christian …Read More
Health care advice to the U.S. Senate
Think about your circle of family and friends and their health care needs: your daughter who just gave birth; your …Read More
Mental illness impacts all of us
Provide access to mental health counselors in all of Iowa’s schools so that kids who need help get it, and …Read More
Easter and atheism
Earlier this month an atheist gave what he called a “secular invocation” before a session of the Iowa Legislature. He …Read More
Walk gently on the earth and with one another
Good, soaking rains followed by warm sunshine awakened the earth in southeast Iowa last week. Overnight, green buds sprouted on …Read More