Partnership model boosts Iowa farming and water quality
Martyn Jorgensen lauds Cedar Rapids led four point three million dollar water quality project in the Cedar River watershed and urges Des Moines to emulate its urban rural collaboration. He notes cover crops and nutrient management, plus concerns about a Des Moines Water Works lawsuit against northern counties over nitrate levels.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Cedar River
Steve Hershner
Corbett
Letters on citizenship and factory farming ethics
A reader urges balanced government action combining freedom with social justice and highlights civics over patriotism. The second letter condemns factory farming, detailing chick culling, debeaking, crowded cages, and waste, arguing farms demand bailouts and urging readers not to buy their products.
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U.S
James Madison
St. Augustine
Postal Service
Centers For Disease Control
Slapping child abuse label on decent parents is fantasy policy
Lenore Skenazy argues against branding parents who briefly leave a child in a parked car as neglect. She cites a New Jersey case where a mother was labeled a child abuser despite no harm occurring and notes crime trends show it is safer to be a kid now. She urges letting parents make prudent, not perfect, decisions without automatic stigma.
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The
Washington Post
America
David Pimentel
Ohio Northern University
Law School
New Jersey
N.J. Supreme Court
Maryland
Silver Spring
Appellate Court
Notable notebook of strangers and a fear of loss
A writer recalls starting a notebook as a fifth grader after a feared school paddle incident. The project collected quotes from strangers and everyday moments, becoming a habit carried for years. She reflects on what such notes reveal about fear, perception, and memory while lamenting a lost traveling notebook.
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Ronald Jones
Mr. Jones
Rob Fleming
High Fidelity
Tom Ripley
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Yahoo.com
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Lynda
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