John Eggers

One of my favorite riddles goes like this: What president is on the $10 bill? What’s the answer? “No president, because Alexander Hamilton was secretary of the treasury.” He wanted to be president, but he never made it. Do you know why? There was some recent discussion of replacing...

I can remember a long time ago, when in our younger days Kathy and I traveled up north from northern Iowa to Two Inlets Lake south of Itasca State Park with our son—and returned home without catching or even seeing a fish. It wasn't much fun on the lake, but thankfully my son...

There was a time when women were not allowed to teach school if they were married. Did you know that? There was a time when women were not supposed to work outside the home. There was a time when women could not vote and could not be elected for public office. There was a time when...