Imagine the U.S. economy as a massive highway system with businesses, investors, and consumers all driving toward their desired financial destinations. For decades, traffic has flowed rather smoothly. The system has had its fair share of accidents over the years, as would be expected with a massive highway system. A fender-bender here and there, and| Iowa Source - Iowa's Enlightening Magazine
It would be interesting to pick John Deere’s mind today to see if he ever imagined that his invention would change the Iowa landscape so dramatically. Deere invented the plow in the early 1820s, and in 75 years, it altered the Iowa landscape forever. Back then, Iowa had roughly 30 million acres of prairie comprising| Iowa Source - Iowa's Enlightening Magazine
To grow up in Iowa is to be intertwined with nature. We are raised in tune with the seasons—hyper aware of when the leaves change, corn grows, and our parents demand we shovel the driveway for the umpteenth time. Despite having among the fewest acres of publicly available parks, Iowans recreate outdoors at a higher| Iowa Source - Iowa's Enlightening Magazine
The Southeast Iowa Sierra Club and Lonnie Gamble invite you to A Walk Through Earth's 4.6 Billion Year History on Sunday, April 27, 1-4 p.m. at Jefferson County Park. Meet at the main parking lot. Experience the wonder of all of life's interconnection, with each step representing 500,000 years of earth's history. Led by Lonnie| Iowa Source - Iowa's Enlightening Magazine
A runway show featuring one-of-a-kind wearable art by Judy Bales, Kathleen Shrosbree, and Gyan Shrosbree will be held Friday, April 25, at 7 p.m., at the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, in conjunction with the current exhibition All Dressed Up (and Down). Limited tickets for the Art in Motion benefit are still available but should| Iowa Source - Iowa's Enlightening Magazine
My dad was raised Catholic, but by the time he hit college had given up church for Monty Python. Mom was brought up Presbyterian, but the moment she’d been told that children who hadn’t been converted to Christ were going to hell, she knew something was deeply wrong about that whole situation. Because what about| Iowa Source - Iowa's Enlightening Magazine
In 2024, Fairfield Cares surveyed Jefferson County residents who have either received or assisted in home healthcare in the last five years. The response was over 300 surveys, which revealed the increasing need for a more robust solution that connects those who need help with those who wish to help. Town Hall Meeting on April| Iowa Source - Iowa's Enlightening Magazine
Iowa’s Seed Savers Exchange (SSE) is celebrating its milestone 50th anniversary this year. A community-based nonprofit famous for its huge collection of garden and food-crop heirloom seeds, SSE not only safeguards heirloom seeds for future generations, it also encourages gardeners and farmers across the world to grow and share heirloom seeds. Founded in 1975 by| Iowa Source - Iowa's Enlightening Magazine
“They’re an act of war, to some degree.” —Warren Buffett interviewed about tariffs on CNN “Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” —Winston Churchill “I never make the same mistake twice. Instead, I make it five or six times just to be sure.” —Anonymous Big increases in tariffs have been| Iowa Source - Iowa's Enlightening Magazine
Okay, let’s get this out of the way: this is not another column about using artificial intelligence for shopping. But it just happened that my friend Bill emailed me a shopping-related tech question on the very day that I had planned to investigate a new “deep research” feature. (People email me tech questions thinking I’m| Iowa Source - Iowa's Enlightening Magazine
Blending the classic Western with a thriller/crime genre staged on the Navajo reservation, Dark Winds was inspired by the crime series by Tony Hillerman, a journalist whose 35-year career produced 18 novels, starting in 1970 with The Blessing Way. While the TV series takes its own imaginative directions, it features Hillerman’s leading characters as it| Iowa Source - Iowa's Enlightening Magazine
