This weekend I was out to dinner and a friend that I rarely see came up to me and pulled me over to her table. Immediately she descended upon me. “I can’t even be your friend anymore. You are so stupid and your blog is so idiotic that I de-friended you on Facebook. I don’t…
Month: October 2016
A State-Bred Race
It’s the home stretch! I’ve been campaigning now for 21 months. Over a year in a primary for the United States Congress and 7 months after I made the switch to run for the Iowa House. I have been enjoying every minute of it, even though the physical and mental requirements can be, at times,…
United We Stand
When President John F. Kennedy changed the tax structure to lower the highest marginal rates, while closing loopholes, it was effective because it was a balance of the right amount and in the right way. It was a confluence of fairness, equitability, and accountability that led to economic stimulus. But, numbers alone are not why…
Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. And Wrong.
My oldest son, who is now 17, likes to talk politics now and again. I love that he is showing interest in what has been his father’s passion, and he has been coming to the table with his own ideas. Occasionally he will come right out with what is on his mind. “Dad, why you don’t…