Sherry, Jackie and Candy: Girls names among the Boys of Summer

VINTON TODAY
October 19, 2013 10:17 pm

The World Series begins on Wednesday, and as I wrote this on Saturday night, watching the Boston Red Sox earn the right to play against the St. Louis Cardinals again this year, it occurs to me that this would be a good time to share some of my favorite baseball stories.

VINTON TODAY
October 18, 2013 10:36 am

A Challenge to The Other Guys

VINTON TODAY
October 11, 2013 3:45 pm

Two months ago, the phone rang. “I am calling about your job opening for an editor,” said the man on the other line, a journalist from the Green Bay area.

To the Editor: Is 'Affordable Care' really affordable?

JOHN STIEGELMEYER
October 7, 2013 8:04 pm

To the Editor, "Survival in the market often requires recognizing mistakes and changing course. Survival in politics requires denying mistakes, continuing the currant policies, adding new ones to correct the old ones, and then blaming the bad consequences on others.

Farewell, Old Purple

VINTON TODAY
October 3, 2013 12:40 pm

It's a tough day when you realize that the day has come to lay to rest an important member of your family -- even if that family member is a minivan that you once said you would NEVER buy.

Seven Million and still growing: An update and word of thanks from Vinton Today

VINTON TODAY
September 26, 2013 1:00 pm

Sometime today, among the several thousand of times that someone reads a story on Vinton Today, a reader will open an obituary, or look at one of this week’s sports stories, or maybe browse though my silly column about the “Chiropractic Church.

The impact of the first Chiropractic Church

VINTON TODAY
September 24, 2013 9:55 pm

“Ain’t  that something,” said Buford, my body guard. “The area medical community and religious community are celebrating the first formal joint church/medical practice venture.

To the Editor: Obamacare means less care, more costly care

BILL KELLER
September 23, 2013 2:41 pm

  What is our future under the Affordable Care Act?  Simply less, and more costly, care  -   pure and simple.

An uncomplicated way to understand the Affordable Care Act

ROSEMARY SCHWARTZ
September 21, 2013 11:18 pm

By Rosemary Schwartz Disclosure: I am chair of the Benton County Democrats and a non-producing licensed health insurance agent. I currently receive health insurance through my employer.

Trying to decipher tweets about football, and a plea for a brother

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
September 17, 2013 10:53 am

Dear Dad and Mom, Do you remember how I used to tell you that having just two kids was boring? Another reason you should have had more kids (one I discovered on Friday night): This week I read with interest, and an awful lot of head scratching, the Tweets that my husband sent out.