It seems that my adopted home state of Iowa is developing a reputation for people saying and doing dumb things. I don’t think we have quite reached “Florida man” status yet, but we are well on our way to becoming the Florida of the north. And unfortunately, another new entry was just logged into our permanent record. On May 30th… Read more »
One of the biggest news stories of that past week was the selection of the new head of the Roman Catholic church, Pope Leo XIV. aka the former Cardinal Robert Prevost. Leo XIV is the first American pope. This was long thought would never happen, so this is a big deal. Born and raised in Chicago, he’s spent most of… Read more »
Donald Trump has been President for just over 100 days at the time I’m writing this. If you listen to him it’s been a roaring success- egg prices are down 87%, dozens of nations are begging for trade deals with the US, we’ve shipped thousands of violent criminals out, and we are cutting wasteful government spending. But if you live… Read more »
Swearing has been around as long as human language itself. When you stub your toe or hit your head on something even the most mild mannered person can utter a four letter word or two. For almost as long as there has been swearing there has been push back against it. Which of course only increased its popularity. Many people… Read more »
Yes of course the NCAA men’s basketball tournament is on while I’m writing this. But as much as I love the Big Dance, that’s not what I’m pontificating on today. Earlier this week US Senator Check Grassley, who has been in the Senate since 1981 and is approximately 279 years old, had a town hall in my town this past… Read more »
Once again, the scourge upon our lives known as Daylight Saving Time is here. Many people look forward to this stupid day because it means that the sun rises and sets later every day. Clearly I am not one of these people. I’ve made my feelings about the angry tangerine currently in the White House very clear, but he had… Read more »
As I’m sure you heard, there was a movement on social media to boycott spending on February 28th. Ideas like this aren’t new- every time the price of gas goes up someone suggests it because it’s supposed to lower gas prices. It never works, and this one didn’t work either. And here’s why. #1 Lack of participation. It’s likely that… Read more »
I’ve started this post multiple, multiple times. It’s been very hard, even though I’ve written about this topic several times before including here https://beckypalmer.me/?p=4931 and plenty other places. But luck – or maybe divine intervention- was with me today. This morning at church we sang the Hymn “Help Us to Accept Each Other” by Frank Kahn. And it spoke to my… Read more »
I’m writing this the day before Super Bowl LIX, but by the time you read this the game will be over and done with. And that’s fine, because I genuinely don’t care who wins. I’m not going to be talking about whether or not the refs hand games to the Chiefs or whether or not Josh Allen should have won… Read more »
By the time you are reading this Donald Trump will be the President of the United States again. I’ve made my opinion on Trump pretty clear over the years and no, it has not changed in recent weeks. He’s already walked back several key campaign promises that likely won him the election- most notably that he would lower grocery prices. … Read more »