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 Linda Morgan
About BitHead BitHead runs BitsBlog and is an occasional guest writer for The Conservative Reader. You can email BitHead at [email protected]. This special Swamp Stomper Article is cross-posted from BitsBlog. Interesting. When you’re a total failure as house...
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...
by Linda Morgan
From the GateWay Pundit: About BitHead BitHead runs BitsBlog and is an occasional guest writer for The Conservative Reader. You can email BitHead at [email protected]. This special Swamp Stomper Article is cross-posted from BitsBlog. New information reveals that...
by Fersboo
I’m always amazed at the hubris of politicians, although, one would think at this point in my life that I really shouldn’t be amazed at all. On Friday of last week, Federal Regulators seized IndyMac Bancorp, a $40 billion thrift. It appears that letters...
by Art Smith
The waters have receded in Iowa for now, and although the task is still long and hard ahead of so many Iowans, we’ve moved the links related to the flood off of the sidebar and onto a separate page. If you select the “Other Resources” page above,...
by Art Smith
The afternoon of the convention went fairly smoothly. As I mentioned yesterday, we heard the results of the National Committee Man and Woman. I appreciate the way that Stew Iverson kept things moving by inserting speeches at places where there were dead spots because...