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Editorials

The Dengler Domain: Radio

Today's media world is an F-16 compared to the single engine plane of the 20thcentury media world. While the internet, television, and apps presently dominate the media field, radio was the dominant force of the past. It was the first type of media which reached many people over a large expanse ...

Slices of Life – I have an opinion about that

Since the dawn of time, people have had opinions on everything from politics to the best way to make fire to whether a club or spear is better for hunting the wooly mammoth.Mostly politics.While people have always had opinions, they weren't inclined to share them with just anyone or everyone. ...

Don’t Mess with Renewables

Iowans know there's no use messing with Mother Nature during a summer thunderstorm. The occasional power outage triggered by severe weather requires households to ride out the storm without electricity. Some families may welcome a reprieve from so-called screen time. For others, the novelty ...

Q&A: Social Security

Q: How does Social Security measure up 80 years after being signed into law?A: Generations of Americans have been protected against poverty thanks in large measure to this social safety net signed into law 80 years ago on August 14, 1935. Without question, Social Security is tightly woven into ...

The Dengler Domain: Radio

Today's media world is an F-16 compared to the single engine plane of the 20thcentury media world. While the internet, television, and apps presently dominate the media field, radio was the dominant force of the past. It was the first type of media which reached many people over a large expanse ...

Slices of Life – I have an opinion about that

Since the dawn of time, people have had opinions on everything from politics to the best way to make fire to whether a club or spear is better for hunting the wooly mammoth.Mostly politics.While people have always had opinions, they weren't inclined to share them with just anyone or everyone. ...

Slices of Life – Raising enlightened men

They were fighting again. I could hear them downstairs. There was a moderate-level crash and then muffled sounds, like maybe somebody got pushed or bumped up against a piece of furniture. It grew quiet, so I knew someone was injured. Not bad enough for the ER or anything, but maybe a stubbed ...

Health Care Law Upheld, But Flaws Remain

The Supreme Court upheld a key piece of the President's health care law. I respect the court's role in our system of government, but Obamacare remains a terrible law. It's led to too many people losing the coverage they had and spending more for what coverage they can get. Iowans tell me ...

The Dengler Domain: Writing

Writing has stood the test of time. For most of time, writing could be looked at as a work of art, but computers have taken this fact away. One example is cursive writing. This style of writing is out of fashion and today's youth do not go through the struggles of wondering why a z looks like a ...

Veto of MHI Funding Hurts Vulnerable Iowans

As part of ongoing efforts to improve mental health services, we voted this year to make it easier for Iowans to receive mental health and substance abuse treatment closer to home. This included a bipartisan plan to keep all four of Iowa's mental health institutes (MHIs) operating.Republican ...