Where is TFACTS Man when DCS needs him?

“TFACTS Man” on Vimeo. Tennessee might need help fixing its defective child welfare computer software, TFACTS, which keeps track of abused and neglected children. The Tennessean reported today that more help is on the way. But are the problems bad enough to call in a superhero? Back in 2010, as the state launched TFACTS, training [...]

Romney, Obama deliver closing arguments in Dubuque

DUBUQUE, Iowa — President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney converged in Dubuque Saturday during the closing stretch of the presidential campaign to sway a shrinking segment of swing voters in Iowa and neighboring Wisconsin. Both campaigns bet their most valuable resource—their limited schedules—that Iowa’s six electoral votes could determine the country’s next leader. “Why [...]

Getting A Fair Share

By Nathan Tucker In his closing remarks during last week’s presidential debate, President Obama candidly described America as a place where “everybody’s getting a fair shot.  And everybody’s getting a fair share.”  Tragically, this view of America is shared by far too many voters in today’s modern welfare state. Obama’s penchant for wealth redistribution is [...]

Why I am Running for Congress by John Archer

By John Archer Candidate for Congress in Iowa’s 2nd District More than 200 years ago, a group of states created a form of government to end the kind of tyranny that had come before. This government was supported by a constitution giving all citizens a right to dissent while protecting them from the government and [...]

King Unveils Four-Point Plan to Get America Working

(SAC CITY, IA) – Congressman King (R-Kiron) today unveiled his four-point plan to get America working at the first stop of his “Restoring Our American Dream” town hall tour. The full plan can be read here. “If we are to restore our American dream, we must get America, and Iowans in the 4th Congressional District back to [...]

Polk GOP Convention: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

The Ugly: The repeated intrusions of several Ron Paul supporters at last weekend’s Polk County GOP convention has been well chronicled here at TheIowaRepublican.com. Although a few of the issues might have been honest misunderstandings, the fact is that some of these people were repeatedly trying to sneak into the convention, rifling through delegate packets that [...]