What happens when officials fail to use their eyes and ears?

By: Randy Evans

Outlets: Iowa Capital Dispatch

Published: May 12, 2026

Words: 966

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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At the risk of blurring the increasingly fuzzy line between church and state, here is a Gospel reading for public employees and elected officials, according to Matthew:

“But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.”

Unfortunately, it does not take much looking these days to see government leaders bedeviled by lousy optics and burdened by tone deafness. Perhaps it is a lack of vision or just a refusal …

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