
Jim Ott speaks in front of 150 area academic, government, and business representatives about Bridges Out of Poverty program Wednesday at West Burlington High School.
How do you want to improve America? By focusing on improving and refining yourself? Or by transforming society? The answer to that question will reveal whether you’re on the Left or the Right.
How big should the government be? And what is its proper role in the daily lives of Americans? The Left and Right have opposite answers.

Is man-made climate change our biggest problem? Are the wildfires, droughts and hurricanes we see on the news an omen of even worse things to come? The United Nations and many political leaders think so and want to spend trillions of tax dollars to reverse the warming trend. Are they right? Will the enormous cost justify the gain? Economist Bjorn Lomborg, director of the Copenhagen Consensus Center, explains the key issues and reaches some sobering conclusions.
