Beginning at 10 a.m. Sunday, approximately 215 citizen soldiers – men and women who have volunteered to serve with the Iowa Army National Guard, men and women who are, more importantly, our friends and neighbors – will be honored at a send-off ceremony at the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs.
Columns
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The current Journolist controversy that has the blogosphere heaving sparks, and Washington even more self-absorbed than usual, is weak tea – a tempest in Barbie’s teacup. At least as concerns the so-called conspiracy itself.
Your Views
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Recently a dear friend visited me from his home in California. On the last night of his visit, he remarked to me that during his lifetime he has had the privilege of driving in cities all over the world but he doesn’t recall driving on streets as bad as the streets in Council Bluffs and the Omaha metro area. Sadly I responded, “You are probably right but there doesn’t seem to be much hope for our poor streets in the foreseeable future.”