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The Downtown Department Store: A Remnant of the Past and Where It Came From

Bonus item: A brazen downtown daylight robbery in my hometown. My mother mouths off to the perp.

Nov 18 •

A Brief History of U.S. Immigration: Not America's Finest Hour

A time to reflect: 100 years ago this week, my mother, age 3, arrived in America; she barely made it

Nov 11 •

How Okoboji Became A Resort Mecca

It might not have happened without the Queen and other excursion boats that followed

Nov 4 •

Sioux City: How Not to Build a Jail

“Who was asleep at the switch?”

Oct 28 •

Voices of the Holocaust

We must listen while we can

Oct 21 •

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One of the Biggest Con Jobs in History: How Hamas Convinced America's Youth That the Palestinians are the Good Guys and Israel Is Evil

Within a few days of the deadly October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, the seeds planted and nurtured by a Hamas-backed anti-Israeli movement over the past…

Oct 16 •

Arnold Garson: Second Thoughts This is my first substack column as a new member of the Iowa Writers’ Collaborative. More about me at the end of the…

Oct 14 •

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