Opinion
Caucus tonight: Calls, commercials are almost over
The caller ID showed a number with a Washington, D.C. area code (202). I answered it, just to see which candidate -- or which friend of a candidate claiming to be an independent voice concerned only for the good of America -- was calling this time.
This particular call was from an organization with a web site that listed issues important to its members, and where the candidate stood on those particular issues.
Why a new political term is so offensive
I came across something rather disturbing in the last few days. And what is more disturbing is where it came from.
As a writer, I have always been into words. Words have always been my world. But there are words and there are other words. Some are appropriate, some aren’t.
Recently, there has been a new word that has made it’s way through politics, a word apparently coined as a slam on Libertarians.
Letter to the Editor: Reader supports Santorum
This year’s Republican caucuses are incredibly important to the future of our nation. The candidate we choose to represent us must be one that has strong morals and convictions, as well as a solid and different plan to get America back on its feet. I believe Rick Santorum is that candidate. The list of reasons why I’m caucusing for Rick Santorum is a long one.
Work? Me work?
There's an old joke that comes to mind:
"Laugh, laugh, thought I'd die.
Die? That means funeral.
Funeral? That means flowers.
Flowers? That means money.
Money? That means work.
Work? Me work?
Laugh, laugh..."
Now I'm not in the Newt Gingrich corner, but he said something that makes perfect sense to me.
The Christmas that taught me the most about the first Christmas
When I look back on my own personal history of Christmas, I can think of several years when the holiday had special meaning for me.
There was the year when I, despite being extremely unskillful with tools, fixed a bike for a boy in our town and delivered it to his house on Christmas Eve.
Christmas synonyms: Playing with words and your favorite songs
The good news about this holiday season is that right now, I have nothing better to write about than Christmas. Please keep it that way. Do your best to avoid any holiday-related fires. While we enjoy a day or two without the politicans, take some time to enjoy everything that Christmas means to you.
For me, that includes playing with words.
Pastor's Blog - CHRISTMAS JOURNEYS
In those days Caesar Augustus declared that everyone throughout the empire should be enrolled in the tax lists. This first enrollment occurred when Quirinius governed Syria. Everyone went to their own cities to be enrolled. Since Joseph belonged to David’s house and family line, he went up from the city of Nazareth in Galilee to David’s city, called Bethlehem, in Judea. Letter to the Editor - Tax Holiday or Payroll Tax?
If the average wage in Iowa is $45,500 a 21/2% reduction in payroll tax (Social Security Payment) equals $1,125 per year, or $21.63 per week. This will buy our subject depending on how well he/she shops a 24 can/bottle case of Budweiser and maybe some change. Good grief(!) -- is there anyone out there in the media that can do long division or run a calculator?? This is no more than a short term deal as is Stimulus to teachers, firefighters, and police that Pres.
Letter to the Editor: Who is the real conservative?
When looking at the pool of potential presidential nominees on the Republican side, I am stunned to see that according to some polls, the front runners in the race include Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney, both of whom have a record of maintaining more liberal standards and beliefs as opposed to conservative. In talking with folks, I’ve come to the conclusion that many simply don’t know about the political records of Romney and Gingrich, and the media is not aiding in the discovery of such information.
What I've learned while sitting next to Santa
I was only in this business a year or so when I realized that the philosophy of journalism was changing -- for the worst.
I saw a quiz that some so-called professor had given his students. The quiz was actually a set of sentences, each of which contained several errors. The whole exercise was quite silly; the sentences had a combination of third-grade grammar and obvious journalistic no-nos.