04 Mar 2019

Why Wait for 2021? End the Federal War on Marijuana Now!

By Thomas L Knapp

The Boston Globe's Naomi Martin and James Pindell report that all of 2020's formally declared "major party" presidential candidates say they support legalizing marijuana at the federal level. Yes, that includes President Trump.

Great idea! But why should the nearly 2/3 of Americans who want marijuana legalized spend the next 20 months listening to these candidates promise to make it happen? At least eight of them are in a position to get the job done now.

02 Mar 2019

IHG Torchbearer Award Winner — Holiday Inn & Suites Davenport

By Kelsey Sheley

DAVENPORT, IOWA (March 1, 2019) — Heart of America Group is thrilled to announce that the Holiday Inn and Suites and The J Bar in Davenport has earned the InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) Torchbearer Award and the IHG Rewards Club Excellence Award. The Torchbearer Award is the most elite award presented by IHG and has the most intense criteria to qualify. Only 20 Holiday Inn hotels earned this designation out of nearly 900 hotels (Top 2%) in the Americas. The hotel must be at an elite leve

01 Mar 2019

Aircraft Carriers: Give Truman and Ford a Burial at Sea

By Thomas L Knapp

The US Department of Defense wants to retire an old aircraft carrier early while building two new ones (and adding other goodies to their shopping list).

Surprise, surprise — politicians from states with the shipyards and naval bases that employ their constituents want to keep the old carrier AND build the new ones.

01 Mar 2019

Epiphytes Of Beauty: Orchids for Children and Adults

By Quad City Botanical Center

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (March 1, 2019) — We're celebrating orchids in March and you're invited to join us for painting, crafts and activities during Sunday Funday. The fun is for all ages.

Program is included with general admission and is free for members. No reservation required.

01 Mar 2019

2019 Iowa State Fair Way We Live Award Entries are Now Open

By Mindy Williamson

DES MOINES, IOWAA (March 1, 2019) (readMedia) — The Iowa State Fair, Pioneer, and media sponsors Iowa Farmer Today and WHO radio BIG SHOW are seeking entries for the 2019 Way We Live Award. The Way We Live Award, in its 11th year of recognizing outstanding farm-families, will identify six Iowa families who exemplify hard-working farm values and a love for the occupation of farming. So far, the Way We Live Award has been given to 63 well-deserving Iowa families.

28 Feb 2019

Victory: Court Upholds TRI's Contempt of Cop Lawsuit Alleging Police Punched Compliant Driver 20+ Times in Head and Body

By Rutherford Institute

SHREVEPORT, LOUISANA (February 28, 2019) — A federal court has given the green light to a “contempt of cop” lawsuit filed by The Rutherford Institute on behalf of a young African-American man who, despite complying with police orders during a traffic stop for a broken taillight, was slammed to the ground face-first and pummeled by polic

27 Feb 2019

Davenport Library Closed on March 21 for Staff Development Day

By Davenport Library — Marketing

DAVENPORT, IOWA (February 27, 2019) — All locations of the Davenport Library will be closed on Thursday, March 21. for a Staff Development Day. The Library will reopen on Friday, March 22 with regular business hours of 9AM to 5:30PM.

For more information, visit www.davenportlibrary.com or call the library at (563) 326-7832

26 Feb 2019

Travel Talk Movie at Davenport Public Library

By Davenport Library — Marketing

DAVENPORT, IOWA (February 26, 2019) — Davenport Public Library will host Travel Talk on Tuesday, March 19 at 2PM at Fairmount (3000 N. Fairmount St), a free movie event, sponsored by Travel Talk, the Library's year-long exploration of all things travel-related. The Library will show "Enchanted April", a movie about four ladies escaping dreary England to rent a house in sunny Italy. Funny and charming, this beautiful movie is sure to lift winter-weary spirits.

26 Feb 2019

The Age of Tyrannical Surveillance: We’re Being Branded, Bought, and Sold for Our Data

By John W Whitehead

“We know where you are. We know where you’ve been. We can more or less know what you’re thinking about… Your digital identity will live forever... because there’s no delete button.” — Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt

26 Feb 2019

Congress's Cowardly "Emergency" Rebuke

By Thomas L Knapp

By the time you read this column, the US House of Representatives will almost certainly have passed the following Joint Resolution:

"Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, pursuant to section 202 of the National Emergencies Act (50 USC 1622), the national emergency declared by the finding of the President on February 15, 2019, in Proclamation 8444 (84 Fed Reg 4949) is here-by terminated."

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