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The following is an op-ed I wrote some time ago that was edited slightly and then published by the Des Moines Register. After turning on the television, which was tuned to MTV, while babysitting my young niece and nephew recently I was reminded how unfortunately...
by Steven Waechter
I recently heard a radio commercial urging me to contact various members of Congress to voice my support for tax credits connected to the wind energy industry. On a lark, I went to the Iowa Legislature website and searched active bills for the word “wind,†and...
by Linda Morgan
With BitsBlog in the state of moving from one server Website host to another…. and waiting, frankly for my finances to allow such a move… My observations of the world around me continue. The editor here, Art Smith, is an old friend of mine of many years. ...
by Fersboo
I don’t know what else to call it. Last week’s “settlement” with the five biggest banks in the country, where the Obama Administration squeezed $25 billion to settle “claims” of “inappropriate” lending practices that...
by Art Smith
Abortion. This word is at the same time one of the most cherished and abhorred words in American culture today. I fall on the side of those who are offended by the word and everything it represents. Whether politically, social-scientifically or personally, I see...
by Steven Waechter
If you look at the weekly price chart for either gold or silver for the week ending January 27, 2012, you can make out a distinct “J†shape in prices of both metals. Tuesday the prices were suppressed, and then on Wednesday they spiked upward. You can actually...