Current Events

Current Events; March 10, 2026, Rich Dwyer Topics: 2026 Iran War, Iowa Tax Legislation, Tow Head Island 2026 Iran War On a quiet Sunday morning, well before most folks around here were starting their day, phones started buzzing with the kind of alerts you hope never to see: coordinated U.S.–Israeli strikes inside Iran, shipping slowing through the Strait of Hormuz, and oil futures jumping before breakfast. For those who’ve lived through the oil shocks of the 70’s or watched D

Nathan Peterson Friends, Gentleman, good evening.  I am your back-up pinch hitter for current events, subbing in for John Krieger.  For those I have not met, I am relatively new, I am Nathan Peterson, I am the clinical pharmacy manager for UnityPoint Health in the QC but also encompassing Muscatine as well.  New to the area but have been here since 2018.  Tonight, I have current events, and the theme tonight for me is going to be, ‘military conflict in which the US is not dir

Roger Lande THIRTY-THREE  CLUB CURRENT EVENT  -  JANUARY 21, 1997 We have celebrated Christmas and passed into another year since we met on December 17, 1996. This evening's Current Event will comment on the stock market and on two individuals who have been subject of much news in the past month:  Congressman Gingrich and President Clinton. I'll leave the subjects of blizzard, flood, assisted suicide and many other newsworthy items to your dinner discussion. STOCK MARKET On T

December 16 2025 Paul Kraushaar The writing of a 33 Club Current Event Paper is the most challenging of the two papers, in my opinion. I see the Current Event Paper as one that should stimulate  discussion amongst the members.  With that thought in mind, here I go with my rendition of the December Current Event Paper.                 In the December 14, 2025 edition of the Des Moines Register there was an article from USA TODAY dealing with the military strike on a boat in th