A great cast tells a very interesting story in a very dull fashion with the motion picture release of “Dumb Money.”

Based on the book, “The Antisocial Network” detailing a short squeeze of GameStop stocks, during COVID.

It has been 16 years since I last injected heroin. I have been incredibly blessed with a transformation via my relationship with Jesus Christ. All the peace and hope in the after life I was searching for has been attained in the living hope I have. I have a beautiful family, although I lost my father to suicide and am estranged from my mother who struggles with mental illness.

We didn’t have the Chipper Invitational Golf Tournament this year. It wasn’t a good summer for anything that takes place outdoors, for one thing. Just too danged hot.

For another, people we knew all over the world by internet or penpals were having a tough time surviving any disaster du jour.

Some weeks column ideas come very easily. Other weeks I’m batting around multiple ideas and have to decide which one to share. And then there are weeks, like this one week, where I’m running through my mental Rolodex and accidentally stumble across something that strikes me as to important not to share.

First and foremost, our schools in northwest Iowa are excellent! Our schools in Iowa are good and I know we can bring them back to the heyday of Iowa education and once again reclaim the No. 1 education system in the nation. Right now, our state hovers around 23rd to 33rd in the nation depending on the ranking system that you look at. That is not what Iowan’s expect or deserve.

Since 1955 there have been five Republican speakers of the House.

Newt Gingrich — Jan. 4, 1995 to Jan. 3, 1999

Oversaw passage of capital gains tax cut, played a key role in several government shutdowns, impeached President Bill Clinton on a House party-line vote.

I am writing with a sense of urgency and deep concern regarding the ongoing and unprovoked attacks on the State of Israel by Hamas, a designated terrorist organization. As a soldier who has witnessed and participated first-hand in the defense of Israel, I implore our nation’s leaders and citizens to provide unwavering support to Israel during this challenging time.

On Oct. 6, the world watched in horror as Hamas terrorists launched an all-out assault on Israel. Terrorists parachuted into a music festival killing hundreds of innocent people, broke into homes murdering entire families, and in one of the most gruesome displays of evil, murdered innocent babies. The details are sickening, but we cannot turn a blind eye to the atrocities that Hamas has committed and continues to inflict on the innocent people of Israel. The truth must be widely known.

Fall is a great time to add trees to your landscape. Not only do they provide shade, remove pollutants from the air, and help manage stormwater; but many also provide food for bees. Keep this in mind when selecting and planting new trees in your yard now and in the future.

I’ve been in and out of the office the last couple of weeks helping my family with harvest, my favorite time of year. I have my 5- and 9-year-old sons with me as much as possible which means that safety on the farm is always on my mind. Growing up the motto on our farm was (and is) “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Farm safety extends to the roads during harvest.

I condemn the brutal attack and the atrocities that are being committed in Israel by Hamas and other terrorist organizations and I fully support Israel.

Not since World War II Nazi Germany have we seen such atrocities committed against innocent Jewish citizenry. Certainly not on the same scale, but much like the Nazis, the animals in Hamas stealthily crossed from Gaza into Israel and began murdering civilians attending a music festival on a Jewish holiday. The horror didn’t stop there. The barbarians rolled into communities where the assault on citizens continued. They rounded up Jewish people, executing some and kidnapping others.

“The Exorcist.” Without a doubt the scariest movie I’ve ever scene. The 1973 classic, haunted my nightmares, and for that matter, my daymares, for quite some time after I first viewed it some years after it was first released. Still, every time I watch it today — the tension created every time they approach the closed door, the horrific behavior of the demon possessed child, the subject matter itself and the chilling them music — left an indelible mark on my psyche.

Israel is at war and in a terrible crisis situation. We are to pray for Israel according to Psalms 122:6 “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem” And we are sure that many are praying in Israel and around the world for peace and protection. The Lord has intervened supernaturally for Israel in the past and we need to pray that He will do it again.

The Middle East is someplace where we are generally better off if we do not hear anything about and particularly prefer it being absent in headlines. Nothing good ever happens there. Abu Dhabi, Emirates Airlines and the LIV Golf league all have a public relations challenge to overcome. The cultural animosity of the region is so ingrained between people amongst themselves that even sects of the same religion despise and kill each other.