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In the House of Wood
I think Christians should do more to get the truth out about our faith, and of Jesus, to combat this kind of nonsense.
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The Sinclair Report
If your annual disposable family income was $100,000, would you dare to spend $111,000 every year? The reasonable answer would be no because common sense dictates that over a period of time your family could not sustain that kind of over-spending.
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Heartsill Report: An Easter lesson for Government
If we truly prize our liberties, as our state motto suggests, it is incumbent upon us as citizens to know the difference between a democracy and a republic and to make corrections where necessary.
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The Sinclair Report
There is something disheartening about a “closed” sign hanging on a door of a local retail business or rumors circulating throughout our communities about a factory closure. Our townspeople mourn these losses because they know what happens in the end – the never-ending fight to keep our rural communities from becoming ghost towns.
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The Heartsill Report
As bills continue to move through both the House and Senate chambers, there is one issue that seems to have come out of nowhere, but has a significant impact on Iowa landowners’ liability. The issue stems from a recent Iowa Supreme Court decision, Sallee v. Stewart, where the court essentially invalidated the Iowa recreational use statute in its present form.
- Chiropractic care for senior citizens Introduction Chiropractic care is a suitable complementary healthcare option for people of all ages, including older individuals. The safe, gentle and effective techniques along with the comprehensive head-to-toe approach used by many practitioners m
- Mourning the death of the dishwasher By Jill Pertler We've had an on-again, off-again relationship for more than a decade. I guess if I'm going to come clean, I shoulder most of the responsibility for the spotty patches. Relationships require a certain amount of effort; I wasn't consis
- Letter to the Editor To the Editor: I read, with great interest, a news article in the March 15 Journal-Express (Supervisors Approve Budget). In a separate action, the Board agreed to support the City of Pella's request for $25,000 for their new sports park. The parks i
- Questions remain I'm not going to spend the entire column trying to refute my friend Charlotte's stance on Medicaid. There's not much more I can add to the argument against Medicaid expansion that I have previously made, based upon common sense and facts. This is so
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Medicaid and the Federal deficit
The Iowa Medicaid decision connects to big economic issues: Gov. Branstad does not want to take advantage of the Affordable Care Act's provision for free Medicaid to 150,000 more Iowans -- at no cost to Iowa for the first three years and minimal cost
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