My books of 2020

I have been working on this for a week or so, inspired by Justice Paul Thissen’s FB list of his favorite books for the year. (True, he listed his top 10, and I’ve got 30--I believe that is all the books I managed to read all the way through in 2020). ... [Continue]

Why Iowa?

A Facebook friend wanted to know: Why is Iowa a bellwether state? Why should we care who they pick if it doesn’t look like the rest of the ... [Continue]