Editor's note: This is one of a series of essays on contemporary environmental controversies. These issues may well define how or whether we can continue to live and improve our well being on this cosmic speck called Earth.
Here's the thing about principle.
After years of negotiating, the U.S., the European Union and five of the world's most powerful nations have finally agreed to a nuclear accord with Iran. The media site Al-Monitor called it "a new chapter with Iran."
Editor's note: This is one of a series of essays on contemporary environmental controversies. These issues may well define how or whether we can continue to live and improve our well being on this cosmic speck called Earth.
"Some people," as Barry Switzer famously declared (rather oddly for a football coach), "are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple." And then there's Donald Trump.
This is one of a series of essays on contemporary environmental controversies. These issues may well define how or whether we can continue to live and improve our well being on this cosmic speck called Earth.
Editor's note: This is one of a series of essays on contemporary environmental controversies. These issues may well define how or whether we can continue to live and improve our well being on this cosmic speck called Earth.
The U.S. Army is on track to reduce its size from current levels (490,000 troops) to 450,000 in 2017 and 420,000 by 2019. In a July 24 editorial, the New York Times came out in mild support of the half-measure and against "maintaining bases and a level of troops that go beyond what the count…
Right now, my Republican friends seem to be drawn to candidates who have extreme views and/or made a name in a field other than politics. And the biggest name at the moment is Donald Trump. Trump is leading in several polls, including the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, with a double-d…
Here's the thing about principle.
After a depressing year in which we've witnessed case after case of unarmed black people dying at the hands of police, now we have the sad death of Sandra Bland.
After five American soldiers were murdered in Chattanooga, Tennessee by a deranged Muslim gunman, the nation reacted with anger, shock and fear.
"...if we come to see ourselves as meat, then meat we shall become." — Leon Kass, M.D., "Toward a More Natural Science"
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This week's local crime and court updates from The Muscatine Journal.
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TIFFIN, Iowa (AP) — Clear Creek Amana seventh-grader Emma Staebler said she has never eaten an orange bell pepper, but she planted one this week in the school’s new outdoor classroom.
BETTENDORF, Iowa (AP) — Students are once again attending class in the 1873 Forest Grove School in Bettendorf.
The U.S. Attorney's Office for Iowa’s Northern District filed a count of wire fraud nearly a year after the DCI began an investigation into missing funds.
Daniel Snyder claims he was fired last year from Arconic Davenport Works because of his religious beliefs. He filed a federal lawsuit this week.
A Davenport man whom police say punched a woman in the face while trying to steal her purse offered arresting officers a $1 million bribe to let him go.
Judges of the Iowa Court of Appeals say that politics never enter their deliberations despite the judges each having diverse political leanings. The answers came in response to a question from the public on maintaining the credibility of the court and happened during a question and answer se…
A trio of Democrats vying for their party’s U.S. Senate nomination showed their differences on canceling student debt, expanding the nation’s Supreme Court and which of them offers the best opportunity for winning in November.
Republicans are criticizing Democratic congressional candidate Liz Mathis for previously describing herself as co-owner of a small marketing business, even though the company refutes the claim.
The next, roughly $8.2 billion state budget is being crafted as state lawmakers returned to work Wednesday for the first time in more than two weeks.
The incumbent publicly stated his opposition to Reynolds’ proposed legislation that would create taxpayer-funded scholarships for private school tuition assistance.