To the editor:Less than a month ago I indefinitely moved to Fairfield, Iowa.Since then, I have been thinking about a conversation that I had a number of years ago; it involved a small Iowan town the name of which I cannot remember (so it even may have been Fairfield!).I was on an Amtrak that was heading to Chicago via Iowa, which I had boarded in Denver. Thereon, I got to speaking with a female teenager ...
I always enjoy going in to schools as a reporter, partially because my first job reporting had me focusing on schools and education in Keokuk, as well as Hamilton and Warsaw, Ill., across the Mississippi River and occasionally across the Des Moines River into Kahoka, Mo.Then there was my 21-month break from the newsroom, when I was a student myself again for six months and then taught high school in Wayne County ...
To the editor:As Veterans Day approaches and we pause to honor the men and women who have served this country, I wonder how many people are aware of a person from this community who was awarded the Medal of Honor.His name was James Strong. He was awarded the medal for bravery in the Civil War.For those interested, his grave and citation are located in Fairfield (Evergreen) Cemetery as follows:Stand at the end ...
To the editor:I guess I?m not the only Fairfield resident who is fed up with planting a vegetable garden in the really wet spring only to see it dry out completely in the summer.When any stored rain water is used up the choice is either to spend a lot of money on city water or get a greatly reduced crop.It turns out that Iowa?s wetter springs and drier summers were predicted by Iowa State University climate ...
The Burlington Hawk Eye, Nov. 3Distracted flying: FAA rule change will please travelers This month?s upcoming Thanksgiving holiday is traditionally the busiest travel season of the year. By car and by air.Its approach gives relevance to a positive development in air travel American-style.Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Michael Huerta has no doubt thrilled tens of millions of passengers, ...
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Oct. 27Issues with website represent least of Obamacare?s flaws Talk lately about Obamacare focuses primarily on what can only be described as the disastrous rollout of the government?s website to sign people up. Tales of frustration dominated recent headlines to the point President Barack Obama was compelled to call a press conference to address the issue.The president in that ...
To the editor:A new technology of defense is now available that has been scientifically shown to prevent war and create peace by harnessing the deepest level of nature?s functioning.War is ultimately a human problem requiring a human solution. Experts in the field of conflict resolution maintain that the underlying cause of war is accumulated ?social stress? ? i.e., mounting political, religious and/or ethnic ...
Telegraph Herald, Oct. 11Now?s not time for lesson on overspending The U.S. government?s record of excessive spending and ballooning deficits has put us in dire financial straits. Something has to be done.But politicians shouldn?t use the debt-ceiling decision as a bargaining chip in their fight over government spending.Raising the debt ceiling is a formality that allows government to pay the bills that ...
To the editor:With fewer citizens able to support themselves due to a lack of jobs in this nation that provide meaningful, living wage employment, it is no wonder that more American citizens are paying fewer taxes.This nation has become purchasers (users) instead of producers. Producers provide job creation, and income provides tax revenues. Purchasers eventually run low on expendable income as higher prices, ...
To the editor:October is National Principals Month, and Gov. Terry Branstad has also issued a proclamation honoring elementary, middle and high school principals and recognizing their importance in ensuring that every child has access to a high-quality education.I want to capitalize on this occasion to thank the principals of the Fairfield Community School District for their commitment to the students and staff ...
The Hawk Eye, Sept. 22Offensive suggestion: Republican-led House-passed bill would add drug testing to food stamp recipients If House Republicans had their way, the 47 million Americans now having to sustain themselves on food stamps first would have to pass a drug test to get them.That?s part of a House-passed measure that slices $4 billion a year from a program that is providing assistance to 1 in 7 ...
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Oct. 6The circus comes to the Capitol It?s like the big-top circus came to town in national news last week.The federal government shutdown played the role of the lion show, with the nation?s eyes glued to the center stage, glancing briefly at the clowns while paying rapt attention to see who would flinch first inside the cage.However, high above and drawing less attention, the ...
To the editor:It?s amazing how these men can make it look like the conservatives are the ones at fault. Just like every other lie the president has gottenby with. Do you think our forefathers would approve of any of theevents that have taken place in the White House in the last four years?These men aren?t working for the people, they are working for eachother. Remember to oust the president on Nov. 19. Take ...
To the editor:I am Jordan Morris, an Iowa native (early childhood in Muscatine, then a move to Fairfield when I was 14).I am an enterprising 21-year-old young man who wants to become a farmer. Iowa is home to 93,000 farms and 10 percent of the world?s most productive farmland. Iowa is currently in negotiations with China for hog exports. I want to be a farmer who feeds the state, the nation and the world.I ...
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