Journal Columnist David Halaas: Since beginning a “Regulars” column for the Sioux City Journal I have had numerous suggestions about column topics. One of the most intriguing was when I was handed a book with the encouragement to “write about this!”
Some people think that I write this column far in advance. “Do you have two or three done ahead of time?” one very organized friend asked me. Trying not to laugh, I explained that I get up early and write it on deadline day. With a shocked expression, she asked, “How can you do that!”
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How do you associate the United States with the following countries: China, Japan, South Korea, and Vietnam? If your initial thought relates to conflicts, that is true. However, if you thought of some of America’s largest trading partners, you are also correct.
RAGBRAI is a huge economic boon. It is also an inconvenience, but it is only one day and there are always alternate routes.
Journal Columnist Charese Yanney: Having the honor of being the start of the ride, for the 50th anniversary means Sioux Cityans must put our “best foot” forward. Meaning the city needs to look welcoming, clean, safe and no panhandling.
Sioux City Journal Columnist David Halaas: There is a NEW story to tell on Gordon Drive.
Supreme Court had no choice but to knock down the loan reduction program
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Commentary: Increasing polarization is behind the erosion of national pride.
A bipartisan bill introduced by Sens. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., would close several loopholes identified by The Washington Post in an investigative series published last fall. The investigation found hundreds of retired U.S. military officers taking lucrative jobs advising foreign governments known for human rights atrocities and political repression. The Retired Officers Conflict of Interest Act would require public reporting about who is working on behalf of which foreign governments and for how much.
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In celebration of the United States’ birthday, here are five surprising facts about the nation’s founding document:
More Americans over the last several decades have abandoned their faith — usually Christianity — to join the ranks of the non-religious. This includes people who describe themselves as atheists, agnostics or “nothing in particular.”
The state of the republic is precarious. But I am hopeful that democracy will prevail because it is resilient.
The death of a pregnant woman can only be a tragedy. But the loss of 2016 Olympic medalist Tori Bowie, a Mississippi native who died in May from childbirth complications, also serves as a reminder that America’s maternal mortality rate is far too high.
Alex Anastasio voted for Donald Trump for president twice, attended Trump rallies, organized events for him and placed signs in front of her home in Pennsylvania. And she was deeply hopeful in the early days following the 2020 election that once all of the votes were counted, he would serve a second term -- so hopeful, indeed, that she was initially involved in a voter recount effort in support of that.
Watch out for China. This nuclearized, troop-laden, threatening, ultra-aggressive military monster has just come up with another warning of evil intent. It is negotiating with Cuba about a joint military training and enhanced intelligence center 100 miles from Florida. The center would no doubt host vast numbers of China’s 2 million-plus active troops as combat readiness grows and U.S. military secrets become a reading pleasure.
During the failed August 1991 putsch in Russia, the good guys were reformers Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin. The bad guys were an incompetent claque of the military and KGB within the Politburo, and the rebellion fizzled when Yeltsin climbed on that tank in Moscow. The Kremlin’s nukes were kept secure, and the world caught its breath. The once all-powerful Soviet Union then peacefully flickered out of existence.
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My thoughts go out to their loved ones. Sincerely. But how sad should we feel about their deaths?
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie once was a Republican star. His Jersey tough talk and handling of Superstorm Sandy helped him coast to reelection in a blue state.
Like many people, I was glued to the news for much of Saturday, watching what seemed, at least for a moment, to be the first stages of a coup d'etat -- and it still might be. The only thing we know for certain is that if this is the beginning of the end of Vladimir Putin's rule, that story won't begin with the mutinous mercenary warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin leading an armored column of troops, guns a-blazing, into Moscow.
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A rattled Vladimir Putin’s political end is approaching. All that really matters now is whether it comes sooner or later.
“A house divided against itself cannot stand.” So said Abraham Lincoln in his “House Divided” speech, given 165 years ago.
The Justice Department must be more transparent about investigation
Because we no longer need a building with a press, we’re slated to move to new offices later this year. That means the building from the 1970s – dust and all – needs to be cleared.
“Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.” Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan wrote those words in 1983 while working on bipartisan legislation of importance at the time.
The first question asked when a baby is born is their gender. That question is always binary — a boy or a girl.
What do 9-year-olds need to know about sexual activity or gender fluidity? For most parents, the answer is, “Whatever I choose to tell them at home.”
Employees unhappy over orders to return to the office are evidently tearing their garments with grief. But they may need the garments to keep their current employment, and we're not talking about pajamas.