by Art Smith
Traveling across eastern Iowa and Illinois this past week we got a look at some of the areas that were affected by the flooding. I-80 looks good… the section that had been flooded looks normal… I didn’t realize what it was until I had driven over...
by Art Smith
As mentioned the other day, we went to see WALL-E (which stands for Waste Allocation Load Lifter – Earth Class) Tuesday night. Although the underlying message is clearly “Take Care Of The Earth”, I don’t think I was not led to see it as a...
by Art Smith
More like “Over A Barrel”. But now that we’ve taken the first step toward off-shore drilling in the US, the impact is already seen. Because it’s really not about supply-side economics as much as perceived supply-side economics. And now the...
by Art Smith
Tonight, my 11-year-old niece wants to go see Wall-E (as do I), so we’re heading out to see that (despite what I understand is an overtly “global-warming-the-Earth-is-gonna-perish-unless-we-do-something-now” message. Reminds me the last movie I saw...
by Art Smith
Well, I am amazed at how people who are supposed to have a common mission, a common cause, can find themselves so divided. Of course, we’ve had over 232 years of that. What’s really surprising to me is that the Iowa Republican State Convention actually...