Opinion
We're all in this together; how cooperation matters in Cedar River Valley
From catastrophic floods in 2008 to record drought and low flows in 2012 - Is it any wonder that we still don’t know what to expect from our rivers?
But maybe we’re learning. Iowan...
Letter to the Editor - The Affordable Health Care Act – Is Affordable?
If ACA is such a good deal, how come private sector unions, government sector unions, Congressional Staff, large corporations all request or have been granted a “carve out”?...
Yes, we are probably related...
...sorry if that makes you cringe...
Our daughter left to be a camp counselor in Tennessee two months ago. She called a few weeks later to tell me that one of the other counselors there said sh...
The aroma and tastes of childhood I will remember at Celebration Park
Standing in front of the old white house at the corner of 2nd Street and A Avenue, I could almost smell the aroma of tobacco from Uncle Hugo’s pipe.
While I grew up in Independence and ru... The Zimmerman case, and the right to get out of the way
While teaching my kids to drive, I tell them, “You sometimes have the right of way. You always have the right to get out of the way.”
This lesson also applies to life -- and the big...
The rise of the psychopathic machines
Psychiatrists say that people who think machines are out to get them are suffering from some form of mental disorder.
But they only say that because some machine is telling them to.
I have ...
'Our Natal Day,' The world's best July 4 poem
Years ago, I bought some old (late 19th century) books at a book sale for an organization in Independence.
One of those contained the following poem, written around Centennial of our country. ... A mobster, or a teenager? How to tell the difference
National Public Radio was rebuked by at least one listener a while ago because they aired a story in which a college student referred to a Florida town as “gay,” with “gay”...
A Mr. (try to) Fix It\'s Father\'s Day to remember
Ah, Father’s Day.
The day for dads from all over to do special things, go to nice restaurants, and receive phone calls and other messages of appreciation while they celebrate the importan...
Father\'s Day: Thanks is never enough
Today as we celebrate dad's day, I think about my dad, his dad, my other granddad, my husband, my son in law and my son, who is soon to be a dad, my father in law and his dad, both whom have pa...