Opinion

My husband, Roger, and I celebrated our fifth wedding anniversary last week. Statistically speaking, we?re a marital miracle.The divorce rate for first marriages is reportedly between 40 and 50 percent. But for second marriages, in which at least one of the spouses has been married once before, the rate jumps to between 60 and 67 percent. We have managed, thus far, to beat the odds.The biggest challenge in our ...

When Barack Hussein Obama says trust me, watch your back. He won?t need 3 ½ more years to completely destroy our great country.If you voted for Obama the first time I forgive you; if you voted for him the second time, God forgive you. No offense to the deaf, dumb and blind, but not seeing what this administration has done to our country, liberty, faith, morals, military and Constitution is unbelievable.You ...

More than ever before we need to hold our elected officials accountable for their words, actions and inactions. Words can inspire, but they can also enslave us, especially when our lawmakers do not say what they mean. When leaders have no vision, but merely tell their listeners what they wish to hear, when they avoid communicating responsibility with transparency, and when they fail to demonstrate servant ...

The Hawk Eye, July 15Sexism redux: Iowa Supreme Court backs lusty boss The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled soulless corporations are people. They have rights and feelings, too.Following the same sort of logic, the Iowa Supreme Court has ruled for a second time that an employer?s feelings count more than an employee?s when a boss fires a subordinate because he fears he might succumb to her charms and initiate an ...

My oldest daughter, Addi, is just beginning her second year of a two-year radiology technician program. Wanting to make herself marketable, she?s also taking EMT training two nights a week. What does this mean for my husband and me, or Pop and Mia, as we are now called? More time with our grandson, Garett.I have not yet accepted the impossibility that four of our six children have graduated from high school. As ...

With the recent article: ?Utility Committee Supports Rate Hikes,? June 6, 2013, (The Fairfield Ledger) there have been many comments about the current proposed rate hikes that I would like to address.Since August of 2002 I?ve been councilman for the 5th Ward. I was appointed as a member of the Utility committee that year and in January of 2004 I was made chairman. For these past nine years I?ve dedicated many ...

To the Editor,It is time for citizens who care about education in Fairfield to step up and consider running for the Fairfield School Board. After six years I am stepping down to make way for new ideas and youthful energy.Art Sathoff is a top-notch superintendent who is conscientious and organized, who cares about student learning, and whose integrity is unquestionable. We have a director of auxiliary services ...

Fairfield can lead the country for creating a net export of solar energy and solar technologies.The implementation of solar power everywhere in Fairfield will make the city self-sufficient in energy. By having the world?s largest per capita city array of solar panels, Fairfield can sell excess energy to America to help create a healthier and more prosperous nation.Fairfield?s city hall, police station, all ...

Congratulations to the Fairfield Hy-Vee Store and The Garden Restaurant for being the first to become designated as a Blue Zones Grocery and Blue Zones Restaurant. Each of these businesses went through the necessary steps to achieve designation by presenting healthy food options to their customers. This is just the beginning of many community-wide initiatives that will help build a wellness culture in our ...

I currently work part-time for the Iowa Cancer Consortium (ICC) and serve as a board member for the Iowa American Cancer Society (ACS). I would like to bring a few points to your attention and to that of your readers concerning the fight against cancer and lung cancer in particular.Do you know how hard it is to quit smoking? Most smokers try multiple times before they are successful. Thanks to prevention ...

The Hawk Eye, June 28Iowa proud: Supreme Court rulings show the Hawkeye State is doing things right. Iowans can be forgiven for feeling a little smug following major U.S. Supreme Court rulings this week.In both the Voting Rights Act and Defense of Marriage Act rulings, the court majority affirmed our state is on the right side of history and interested in treating its citizens fairly and equally.First, the ...

Last week, I put my youngest daughter, Sage, on a plane bound for Anaheim, California where she competed at the Future Business Leaders of America National Leadership Conference. The way I carried on about it, she might as well have been flying to Timbuktu unaccompanied. She graduated June 2. I shed only a few tears. She turned 18 on June 19. I made it through that relatively unscathed, as well. So the total ...