It all started for Carter in Iowa

It was a different time. The Ruan Center in Des Moines, with 35 floors, had just become Iowa’s tallest building. Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, home of the Iowa State Cyclones, had just opened.

No tolerance for intolerance impulse

The intolerance impulse from the left is as odious as it is from the right.Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his allies are wrong for banning books that, as I’ve written, “feature characters who don’t conform to a conservative Christian straight white view of America.

We had what I called a ‘chia pet moment’

You know, since I've been eating these chia seeds, I've noticed my beard has gotten heavier.'My husband, Peter, was talking to my father downstairs. I sat up at attention.This comment about the chia seeds was news to me.

Overworked employee feels she needs a break

DEAR HARRIETTE: I work in a highstress environment with an unreasonable boss. She often makes us work through lunch, sometimes without even having time to go to the bathroom.It's crazy, but when we are in production, she expects all hands on deck — no matter what.

Texas death row inmate shouldn’t be executed

Gov. Greg Abbott and the Texas parole board should commute Andre Thomas’ sentence.Thomas, the Texas death row inmate who is so mentally ill that he gouged out both of his eyes and ate one of them, is scheduled to die by lethal injection in six weeks.That should not be allowed to happen.Gov.

Reader concerned about SQ 820 pertaining to recreational marijuana

Dear Editor: Recreational marijuana is coming up for a vote on March 7.All we hear from major media outlets is how much money the State will receive from taxes on the “legalized” drug. They don’t mention the massive negative health outcomes caused by regular marijuana use.

CLINTON’S HISTORY 10, 20, 30 AND 40 YEARS AGO

A 5-inch snow covered the Clinton area creating nearly ideal conditions for snowman building.Shown with their monstrous 7-foot tall creation at Nance Elementary School were Kris Landers, Crystal Landers, Sarah Esparza and Gary Smith.Meanwhile on N.

Lent is here; remind me what it’s all about?

Foreheads smudged with the sign of the cross are the most visible sign of Ash Wednesday, which begins the season of Lent in many Christian denominations.

At Asbury, 2023 revival has been ‘déjà vu all over again’

The atmosphere in Hughes Auditorium was electric as Asbury students — many in tears — streamed to the altar to pray, while worshippers sang hymns, mixed with Bible readings, testimonies and public prayers of repentance.

Doctors may opt for non-operative management

ASK THE DOCTORSDear Doctors: One of my roommates went to the E.R. because of abdominal pain and nausea. It turned out to be appendicitis, and we all thought he would need to have surgery. But the doctors did something they called nonoperative management, and he got better. What is that? Is it safe?