From my blog at the Spencer Daily Reporter… I have a dog named Grant. He’s a lovely dog, and has been a certified therapy dog since 2007. His favorite thing is having children read aloud to him. He’s been at my side for nearly 11 years after coming to me as a 9-week-old puppy. Before [...]

I see all sorts of political things get passed around thanks to the wonders of social media. Some of them make you stop and think, some of them make you scratch your head, and some of them just rile you up for whatever reason. There is a new one that I’ve seen being passed around [...]

Pardon the reference to The Omen, but it won’t shock me if people start believing that the movie was the true story of President Obama’s childhood. I mean, Damien wasn’t born in the US, either! Yesterday a Harris Poll was released showing some very concerning and just plain creepy & insane views in regards to [...]

Every time I pick up a book about the Holocaust, I sit and wonder how on Earth anybody allowed it to happen. It just blows me away. Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay covers a part of the Holocaust that I wasn’t aware of. It is about the Vél’ d’Hiv’ roundups of Jews in Paris [...]

This is one of the funniest things that I’ve read in a long time! Link to the original article Dear Pat Robertson, I know that you know that all press is good press, so I appreciate the shout-out. And you make God look like a big mean bully who kicks people when they are down, [...]

Mike Denklau is running for Iowa’s 5th District. Here is a candidate that I can get excited about! Not only does he look like a promising candidate on his own, he’s running against Steve King. No offense to Mr. Denklau, but I’d vote for a monkey with a bowl of chowder on its head if [...]

I was recently having a conversation with a man that I’ve spoken to on many occasions. He always struck me as a pleasant, neighborly man. Somehow the conversation turned to illegal immigration. What he was saying stunned me. He was of the opinion that the way to deal with it was to open hunting season [...]