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By Emily Geiger I heard a very interesting little news blurb on the radio yesterday about Harry Reid claiming that Congress had to pass the jobs bill to stop domestic violence because unemployed men “tend to become abusers.” There are a lot of things wrong with this statement. First, let’s not confuse the issue. As ... Full story

Peter Teahen recently traveled to Haiti for relief work.  The following is his unedited firsthand reflection from his personal journal after a night of providing care while in Haiti: I Prayed For Courage What an incredible experience last night.  I became a part of a three man team, consisting of an LPN nurse who is ... Full story

Iowa’s big labor unions like AFSCME are once again lobbying the legislature to pass a bill that would force non-union members to pay union dues if they receive the same benefits for a union negotiated contract. The bill, which the unions call “fair share,” would allow unions to collect 75% of ... Full story

Governor Chet Culver Chet has been traveling the state for the past two years either promoting high-speed train travel or his I-Jobs borrowing scheme. One of the advantages an incumbent governor has is that he can travel the state on the taxpayer’s dime and stop in to tell local folks what a great job he’s ... Full story

Former Vice President Dick Cheney’s eldest daughter Liz spoke at CPAC yesterday on national security. She told the crowd, “President Obama and Attorney General Holder don’t get it, and it’s time for Congress to act, a wise man wouldn’t fret over whether a terrorist was read his Miranda rights.” At the end of her ... Full story

It’s funny what you find when you are cleaning out your desk. Yesterday, while having an organizational meeting with myself, I stumbled upon a copy of a mugshot of a well known Iowa. The photo is of Roxanne Conlin who is running for the US Senate against Sen. Grassley. Conlin was arrested in West Des Moines back in the 1990’s for drunk driving. ... Full story

By Emily Geiger I’m depressed. Seriously, could you read the news yesterday and not be depressed? First, there was more on the Mark Becker murder trial. Whether the guy who killed famed Aplington Parkersburg football Coach Ed Thomas was legally insane or not, it’s obvious that he was and is highly disturbed, and the effect that this ... Full story

Did anyone else think it was odd that Governor Culver’s abysmal polling numbers somehow avoided being the top story in the Des Moines Register? Heck, they were not even the top story in the metro section of the paper. Instead, they occupied the side column under the title, “Culver rating falls, even ... Full story

Congressman King recently killed a rabid raccoon that was trying to get into his house. Not only did he kill it with a hand gun, but he alerted the public with a twitter account of the episode. TheIowaRepublican.com was recently told that the 5th District Congressman once again has full twitter privileges so you ... Full story

For Ed Fallon, running for office isn’t just something you do because you are passionate about issues and the community in which you live; it’s also a way to pay the bills. These difficult financial times have been hard for a lot of people, but it probably has been especially difficult for Fallon. For the first ... Full story