Fern: When did we go on that Iowa road trip with our friends? I don’t remember the month, but I know it was during the Before Times. Joe: The before times? Fern: You know. Before Trump was president. Before Covid. Before the Supreme Court took women back half a century.
I loved the discussion in your column. You touched on so many things about what has happened in Iowa, to Iowa, to the people of Iowa and it makes me both angry and sad to think of all we had and now have lost. I would amend Joe’s new slogan a bit - “At least we’re not Indiana - yet.”
Dear Fern and Joe, I love the dialogue format! You can substitute Upstate NY for rural and small-town Iowa, same dynamics.
I loved the discussion in your column. You touched on so many things about what has happened in Iowa, to Iowa, to the people of Iowa and it makes me both angry and sad to think of all we had and now have lost. I would amend Joe’s new slogan a bit - “At least we’re not Indiana - yet.”
Great column!
Fern and Joe! You’ve done it again! I love your banter.