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Why President John F. Kennedy Still Matters (opens the original)
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For millions of people in America, John F. Kennedy stands alone in numerous ways among the 14 U.S. presidents of the post-World War II era.Moreover, there is still a large group of voters in America – more than 30 million of them age 70 and older – who were first-hand witnesses to Kennedy’s presidency.To mess with the legacy of this man is to do so at your own peril.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xaiu!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:
A U.S. Senate race that is CATCHING AMERICA by SURPRISE (opens the original)
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U.S. Senator Mike Rounds, a Republican who has won four statewide elections in South Dakota by substantial margins and never lost an election, was not supposed to have a close race in his run for a third term in the Senate in November 2026. We will come back to this soon.Brian Bengs grew up in Burt, Iowa (Pop. 500), near Algona, and from there, moved on to Iowa State University, the University of Iowa College of Law, and the U.S. military – first, the Navy, then, the Air Force. He served for 19
The SAGA of the AMERICAN BUFFALO: The greatest slaughter of an entire species in the history of the world (opens the original)
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This is the story of the American buffalo and the complicated man who transitioned from one of its enemies to its best friend.William Temple Hornaday grew up on a farm near Knoxville, Iowa. In 1869, at age 15, he enrolled in Oskaloosa College, about 30 miles down the road. (The private college operated from 1861 to 1898.) Three years later, he moved on to what is now Iowa State University, where he got serious about the study of taxidermy.By the time he was in his early 20s, he had spent two yea
The MAN who TRANSFORMED the act of WRITING (opens the original)
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Last of a series of newsletters commemorating achievements in Iowa as the state approaches its 180th year of statehood in America’s 250th anniversary year.Walter A. SheafferThe process of putting words on paper was slow and cumbersome until the early 1900s when the QWERTY touch-typing system began to catch on. Suddenly, there was an easier and faster way to write – books, manuscripts, texts, letters, and more. Typewriters, however, were mostly an office machine in these years. It was many years
A TRADE WAR with CANADA? What Makes the U.S. THINK IT WILL END WELL? (opens the original)
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The President’s trade war against Canada is not the first time the U.S. has gone to war with Canada.To summarize the current situation, it began with the President’s promise of up to 50 percent tariffs against Canadian goods imported to the U.S. The tariffs are to be applied to $27.6 billion worth of Canadian goods, including cement, plywood, hockey equipment, alcoholic beverages, automobiles, steel, and aluminum.These tariffs translate into price increases for consumers because importers pay th
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