Opinion
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.
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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?"...
$10k raised! Thanks for making Salvation Army bell-ringing fund-raiser a success
CONGRATULATIONS Vinton and Benton County Residents:
November and December of 2013, I was privileged to SUCCESSFULLY re-establish the volunteer assistance program of the Salvation Army in Vinton...
Chris Christie\'s not-so-subtle blunder
Most people who have paid attention to the whole George Washington Bridge-closing scandal believe that it means bad news for the presidential aspirations of New Jersey Governor Chris (The Redundanc...
2013: Our year of big, good news
Sometime next week, the counter on the front page of the Vinton Today web site (those medium blue numbers at the bottom right corner of the light blue banner behind our name) will turn to: 8,000,00...
The GM-Windows 8 conspiracy
We often look at people who believe in "conspiracy theories" as though they are a little -- or more often, a lot -- crazy.
People believe that government, society, business, and/or al...
Letter to the Editor: Do Christians Have Civil Rights?
By Peter Shaw
Civil rights is a phrase whose origin can be traced back to the early 1700’s. The concept of individual civil rights can be traced back to England’s bill of rights in ...
Why, and how, to make reading \'A Christmas Carol\' an annual tradition
“Marley was dead: to begin with.”
Despite the improper punctuation and the ending of his first sentence with a preposition, Charles Dickens changed the world with his little book ab...
Dad was THIS ladies\' man
Driving home from one of those funeral duties, Dean and I talked about our dads, and how neither of them had much, but they were the best dad that a kid could ask for.
I hadn't thought abou...