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CORBIN: Contemplating what's ahead in 2022
Reflecting on 2021’s highs and lows plus contemplating what’s ahead in 2022 is reality therapy; good for the soul. → Read More
Corbin: Iowa’s 'Totalitarian Party' rules the kingdom
Iowa’s GOP should be renamed TP (Totalitarian Party). → Read More
Corbin: 15 policies, issues Americans pay attention to when voting for president
With only 22 weeks remaining until the start of the Feb. 3 presidential primary and caucus calendar with three, possibly four Republican candidates and 21 Democrats vying to be America’s → Read More
Corbin: We're now borrowing 25 cents of every dollar we spend
With the recently announced two-year federal budget deal, discretionary spending will increase $2.7 trillion over the next two years. Knowing Iowa Republican Senators Joni Ernst and Charles Grassley along with → Read More
Corbin: Short-sighted presidents often end up serving only one term
Historians have concluded as a result of short-sighted decisions, five U.S. Presidents (i.e., William Taft-Rep., Herbert Hoover-Rep., Gerald Ford-Rep., Jimmy Carter-Dem. and George H.W. Bush-Rep.) created a recessionary economic environment → Read More
Corbin: Constitution, Oath of Office should guide Congress on impeachment
In 1776, Thomas Paine advocated independence from Great Britain by stating that in a free republic “the law is king.” Paine contended “for as in absolute governments the King is → Read More
Corbin: Think twice before invoking socialism as a bad word
The closer we get to what I predict will be our most contentious election on Nov. 3, 2020, the word "socialist" will increasingly be used to label many candidates seeking → Read More
Corbin: Dem or GOP, one-party control hurts Iowa
Most Americans would agree one-party countries, like the Russian Federation or People’s Republic of China, are not the best manner in which to run a country, let alone to live → Read More
Corbin: How pro-life is the Iowa GOP? Here's a test.
“I do not believe that just because you’re opposed to abortion that that makes you pro-life. Your morality is deeply lacking if all you want is a child born but → Read More
Corbin: Trump's small lies create big problems
In card games, 'trump' is considered the suit of cards ranking above the others in a particular hand. Trump is also the surname of the 45th president of the United → Read More
Corbin: 14 reasons Trump's trade war failed
Being forced to use postulates, axioms, theorems and inductive and deductive reasoning to find "proofs" and a solution to high school Geometry problems became a great precursor and positive omen → Read More
Corbin: Time to be truthful about Trump
As each day of Donald Trump’s presidency continues, the number of false and misleading claims keeps rising. If this pattern of moral decay continues, the legacy of our 45th president → Read More
Corbin: 'Anxious minority' boosts right
Billy Graham, the most influential Christian leader of the 21st century, must be rolling over in his grave while witnessing how some white evangelical Christians have abandoned moral judgment and → Read More
Corbin: Proving 'Iowa Nice' at Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is the holiday where most people extend gratitude to family members and close friends for making their life better. Thanksgiving 2018 should also be a time to reflect on → Read More
Corbin: Reflect on the issues that divide us
With the 2018 election concluded (thankfully), maybe we can get back to a normal life without political banter and negative campaigning. Until, that is, the next news story reveals something → Read More
How we can restore civil debate by understanding our own biases
With today’s unparalleled divisiveness, it may be time to get an honest assessment of our biases. → Read More
Corbin: 5 issues to help Iowa decide
Voters will soon decide, in a forced-choice decision-making manner, if actions at Iowa’s Capitol under one political party, the GOP, made Iowa a better place to live or if change → Read More
Corbin: China sees no threat from policies
Of the 195 countries the United States interacts with, three countries are not fazed when President Trump rails against NATO, NAFTA, United Nations, World Trade Organization, climate accord, European Union, → Read More
Corbin: Bully rhetoric builds on itself
While growing up my parents would repeatedly remind me “you are not only judged by the company you keep but also by the words you speak. Choose both carefully.” → Read More
Corbin: Abroad, respect for us not Trump
“Our political situation becomes more and more hopeless, and every day seems even more dire than the last. I no longer have days when I think it can’t get any → Read More