Opinion

When OCD and ADD get married...

This year I decided that my New Years Resolution was to be a free spirit...and realize I will probably end up just slightly more free spirited than Sheldon of the Big Bang Theory, The last few ...

Speechless on Feb. 14

Somewhere a soldier Sits drinking his Folger's And wondering what words would rhyme With "desert" and "sandstorm" And "al-Muqdadiya" And he ho...

Why I use 'I' when I think 'I' helps you know I understand you

A man who read my column called “Pebbles in our shoes” got to the end of my thoughts about learning that we have had an accused murderer living in our midst for several years . Then he...

Creativity vs. controversy: The best, worst & mediocre Super Bowl commercials

There is nothing more American than ... a good, old-fashioned social media melee over Super Bowl commercials. The game was forgettable (although not to Seattle or its fans), but the commercials...

A hot glue gun and a memory

Today we received an obituary for Charlotte Knupp.  Now quite frankly, I didn't know Charlotte, but I knew Charlotte's store. As a kid, I always enjoyed creating things. At Chr...

XVIII years of defending the NFL\'s stolen trademark

The NFL's legal team has vigorously defended its trademark name: Which it stole in 1966. Perhaps you saw an ad on TV, or a flier in a newspaper, or some other form of advertising that refers to Sunday’s NFL Championship Game between the Denver Broncos and the Seattle Seahawks as ...

Remembering \'The Bell\'

My hometown was not Vinton, but rather in a cold northern desolate place not known for its success on the football field. No, it was not as far north as Minnesota, although the frequency with w...

Pebbles in our shoes: Addressing the pain of having an accused killer among us

Fortunately for those of us who live in small town America, murder is still a very rare event. Still, in a span of just under five years -- From Nov. 8, 1995, to Nov. 3, 2000, three murders too...

One Iowan global warming skeptic shares his reasons

"If you torture numbers, they will tell you anything." I do not know who first said this, but it applies to just about everything, from sports statistics to political polls.  ...

Sportsmanship, not race: What an NFL player\'s interview does not say about us

Did you watch the now-infamous interview with Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman? Did you hear him say "I am the best and if you try to beat me I'm gonna shut your mouth?"...