By Rep. Trent Ashby As we say goodbye to 2022 and welcome 2023, my family and I want to wish you and yours a happy, healthy, and peaceful new year. While most folks are winding down after the …
By Danny Tyree “Time Enough at Last.” The new year reminds me of that classic “Twilight Zone” episode starring Burgess Meredith as a put-upon bookworm. (No, he wasn’t reading on …
By Rep. Trent Ashby House Interim Charge: Pensions, Investments & Financial Services With the 88th Legislative Session just around the corner, our tour of interim committees will soon …
Tyrades! by Danny Tyree My cousin’s husband owns a funeral home, so I’m anxious to hear his take on a front-page article from the November 4 “Wall Street Journal.” According to the …
By Chris Edwardscedwards@polkcountypublishing.com I recently did something that seems like an extreme aberration in 2022-going-on-’23: I unplugged from the world for a bit. Yep. No emails, …
By Tony Farkas My occasional cohort on these pages did an experiment with a chatbot, assigning it an essay on free speech. I know that it’s ironic that a program was writing about freedom, …
By Tony Farkas tony@polkcountypublishing.com In yet another trip down the road to superfluous nonsense, earlier this month our vaunted federal leaders decided that since they respect …
By Tony Farkas tony@polkcountypublishing.com In yet another trip down the road to superfluous nonsense, earlier this month our vaunted federal leaders decided that since they respect …