Giving families $40 per month per child for three months of summer is not going to make kids fatter. But we’re turning our backs on 240,000 low-income Iowa children and ignoring the financial gain that money would mean. Raising the sales tax is an option because none of us know how much sales tax we pay. The public should not have to pay endlessly to clean up and protect this most important public good. Larry Van Oort, Cedar FallsInsurrectionistsDonald Trump calling the Jan. 6 rioters “hostages” is an insult to actual hostages.

Source: New York Times January 13, 2024 16:18 UTC