To the editor, We have followed Bernie Sanders during his Senate career. After reading Robert Reich’s book, Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few, there is no doubt in our minds that Bernie Sanders is by far the best choice for president.
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Letter to the editor – John Thompson
You cannot phone in a caucus. Last week the Iowa GOP was told it must provide absentee voting for active duty military stationed outside of Iowa. I am sure I am the only Republican Party of Iowa board member who has never caucused. Two decades ago I joined the Army at the age of 17; I returned to Iowa just…
Read MoreThe Behn Report
~by Sen Jerry Behn January 21, 2016 This week was a short week due to the Martin Luther King holiday on Monday. In our Education meeting on Wednesday, we heard a presentation on dyslexia. The presentation was an attempt to illustrate the issues dyslexic students face in the classroom. It was a fascinating lesson as we used mirrors and our non-dominant hand…
Read MoreThank you volunteers, from JPRD
To the editor, Jefferson Park and Recreation would like to thank all the volunteers to helped make the Steven Silbaugh Memorial Wrestling tournament Sunday, Jan 17, such a success. Vicky Lautner, JPRD director
Read MoreAvant garde tombstone, anyone?
~a column by Colleen O’Brien In France, a new kind of grave stone — avant garde, irreverent, meaningful, amusing to some, annoying to the rest — has sprouted in a cemetery in Montmartre, the historically subversive, bohemian area on the Right Bank of the Seine in Paris. The unusual tombstone is the brainchild of a few artists, writers and other…
Read MoreLetter to the editor – Patti Edwardson
To the editor, I am a woman for Bernie. Like many Americans, I want to see a woman elected president of the United States. However, I also want women – and men – from all walks of life to have the opportunities that will get them into leadership positions so the real likelihood of women elected president will last into…
Read More‘Weed Out Hate’ campaign follows presidential candidates
When Marc Daniels stood to address Dr Ben Carson at a campaign stop in Jefferson Monday, Daniels was already familiar to those who attend political events. It was Daniels’ second visit to Jefferson; he also spoke to Gov Chris Christie during a campaign visit in December. Daniels lives in Springfield, IL, and works as a marketing representative selling to Army…
Read MoreDr Ben Carson campaigns in Jefferson
Dr Ben Carson, retired neurosurgeon and now a Republican candidate for president, spoke to about 140 persons Monday, Jan. 11, at Abundant Life Ministries in Jefferson. Security was tighter than during other candidates’ Jefferson stops, with screening for weapons required before entering the church assembly room and Secret Service agents, uniformed and not uniformed. Carson was scheduled to speak at…
Read MoreIf you can talk, you can sing
~a column by Colleen O’Brien I was born into a family of singing women — my grandmother, my mother, my two sisters. But the man in the mix, my dad, couldn’t sing a lick. I seem to have taken after him. I tried out for choir a couple of times, but it was painful; I couldn’t carry a tune alone,…
Read MoreLetter to the editor – George Naylor
Dear Editor We live in a complex, technological world today filled with many dangers and opportunities. Our responsibility of choosing our democratic destiny by attending the Iowa Caucuses behooves us to reject ideas that may have been relevant 50 or 200 years ago, ideas that divide us, or distractions cooked up by the lame stream corporate media and the wealthiest 1…
Read MoreLetter to the editor – John Thompson
To the editor, President Obama just finished his last State of the Union Address. He pointed out that our military is still the best in the world. He is right, but he is also the worst Commander-In-Chief to ever lead the best military in the world. Although his leadership hasn’t dropped us down to the readiness and operational capability of…
Read MoreQ & A: Iowa caucuses
~with U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) Q: Why are the Iowa caucuses so significant? A: For more than four decades, presidential candidates have come to Iowa to test the electoral waters. That’s because the Iowa caucuses serve as the first contest in the nation on the road to the White House.
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