By CHUCK OFFENBURGER BOONE, Iowa, March 25, 2016 –“This is my Father’s world,” the grand old hymn begins. Yes, it is His world, but we get to live in it. We need to help take care of it, too. That includes helping the Y Camp near here get new wooden plaques that, line by line,…
By CHUCK OFFENBURGER COOPER, Iowa, March 14, 2016 — There’s an old saying in journalism that every reporter ought to cover one war, and one is plenty. It was 25 years ago right now that I came home from covering mine, the Persian Gulf War of late 1990 and early 1991. It was an odd…
By CHUCK OFFENBURGER COOPER, Iowa, March 24, 2016 – My favorite political proposal is going to happen! I can just feel it! Oh, it was a little lonely when I was arguing in favor of it at county political conventions of both Republicans and Democrats here in Iowa: “The President of the United States shall…