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Monthly Archives: January 2016

If I were a Republican, I’d caucus for Jeb Bush. Yes, it’s late but he is finally showing us that he’s ready.

By CHUCK OFFENBURGER CARROLL, Iowa, Jan. 31, 2016 — Many Iowa Republicans — and I used to be one myself — have been waiting a good nine months wondering if Jeb Bush would ever really get his presidential campaign rolling here.  Darned if it didn’t happen in the final GOP candidates’ debate, held last Thursday night, Jan.…

January 26, 2016 in OFFENBLOGGER.

On her 57th birthday, she is celebrating life, with new ways for 2016

By CARLA OFFENBURGER  COOPER, Iowa, Jan. 14, 2016 — I turn 57 today. And if you know me well, you know that means I’ve been eating chocolate “wacky” cake since Sunday – for breakfast, lunch and dinner. It means I’ll be making a second cake to finish the week because, yes, I share it with…

January 26, 2016 in My View from the Front Porch.

Don Poggensee’s photos show us that in winter you can still find color

IDA GROVE, Iowa, Dec. 30, 2015 — “This time of the year, with snow on the ground, it can look bleak,” photographer Don Poggensee was saying, just after Christmas here in northwest Iowa. Colors in nature aren’t as obvious as in other seasons. “But if you look and train your eyes to see beauty, wintertime can be…

January 14, 2016 in Feature Photo.

A “Caucus of the Class of 1959” to consider their “classmate” Bernie Sanders’ run for president

By CHUCK OFFENBURGER JEFFERSON, Iowa, Jan. 7, 2015 — They graduated from our local high schools in 1959, the same year Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders graduated from James Madison High School in New York City. What do they think of somebody their age now — Sanders is 74 — running for president of the U.S.? …

January 11, 2016 in Out in Greene County, Iowa.

How Martin O’Malley can still be a winner in the Iowa Caucuses

By CHUCK OFFENBURGER JEFFERSON, Iowa, Dec. 31, 2015 — My presidential candidate Martin O’Malley, the Democratic former governor of Maryland and mayor of Baltimore, came to Greene County on a cold, snowy evening this week and attracted a crowd of about 60 people. Which is very good for here.  But I’m still a little grumpy…

January 3, 2016 in OFFENBLOGGER.

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