By CHUCK OFFENBURGER DES MOINES, Iowa, June 19, 2018 — Gail Walker, executive director of the international humanitarian organization “Pastors for Peace,” had the same thought I did last week when we all watched in amazement as the United States dramatically ended its decades-old isolation of North Korea. My goodness, could that happen with Cuba, too? …

By CHUCK OFFENBURGER JEFFERSON, Iowa, June 6, 2018 – By proclamation of the Greene County Board of Supervisors, this past Sunday, June 3, was officially “Carla and Chuck Offenburger Day” here in our home county. Reports from the field are that there were no injuries, property damage, fights, protests or arrests. Carla and I are…

By CHUCK OFFENBURGER DES MOINES, Iowa, May 1, 2018 — It was fun being able to celebrate with two Des Moines Register editorial writers over breakfast one day last week — the recent Pulitzer Prize winner Andie Dominick and her predecessor on the staff, Bill Leonard. After he retired and then Dominick got his job in…

By CHUCK OFFENBURGER COOPER, Iowa, May 15, 2018 – It’s been 20 years since a gubernatorial campaign in Iowa has made me squirm as much as this year’s race. Back in 1998, the candidates were Democrat Tom Vilsack, of Mount Pleasant in southeast Iowa, and Republican Jim Ross Lightfoot, from my hometown of Shenandoah in…

By CHUCK OFFENBURGER CARROLL, Iowa, April 26, 2018 — You want voters to understand how important the public library is to people of all ages? You want to have fun with old-timers recalling happy moments in their lives? You want to wake up people about the seriousness of sexual assault in our rural communities?  Then…