What is the Value of a Woman’s Life? by Pat Bertroche
What is the Value of a Woman’s Life?   By J. Patrick Bertroche , D.O.   When the US Preventive Services Task Force, released the new breast screening recommendations yesterday, it ignited a firestorm of debate within the medical community and the nation. To recap what the recommendations are, I will briefly go through them. No mammograms for those [...]

My Open Letter to Jonathan Narcisse
Dear Jonathan: I would have made this reply to the email you sent me but since everybody was hidden on that email except for the main recipient, Bob Vander Plaats, I will use this method instead because “reply all” was not an option. I received your Open Letter to Bob Vander Plaats email with who know how many others as I [...]

Thanksgiving blessings to Clarke County landowners
This morning I will travel “home” for Thanksgiving. My husband will visit the family farm where he grew up and learned on a daily basis what it is to love the land. And I will spend some time where I once played in silos and hay mows, where my brother and sister and I had [...]

Senator Charles Grassley at Westside Conservative Breakfast
Two standing ovations from 100 + people was an early Thanksgiving thank you to Senator Charles Grassley when he spoke Wednesday at the Westside Conservative Breakfast in Des Moines. Grassley opened his remarks by highlighting his time over the years spent traveling and listening to constituents which he tallied up to 2,871 town hall meetings. Senator [...]

Gubernatorial Race Update
It has been several months since I declared Sioux City businessman Bob Vander Plaats the frontrunner in the battle for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. A lot has transpired since I penned by thoughts on the race all those many months ago. We have seen Governor Culver continue to fail in leading our state back to [...]