Opinion
Getting bad news numbers with good news
Vinton Today readers read a total of nearly 5,800 stories on Monday. (We averaged 5,000 a day last Monday through Friday).
The thing that make...
Pastor\'s Blog: THE LORD GIVETH AND THE LORD TAKETH AWAY
I've heard "the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away" used in the context of dealing with times of tragedy, loss and grief. I've been wondering lately if this... A perspective on Vietnam from someone almost as old as the war
I only have one personal Vietnam story. It's about my dad's cousin, Mike.
As a kid, I only met Mike once, and was in awe of him....
March Madness, Badness and Sadness
Question: Who coined the phrase "March Madness?"
Answer: I do not know.
Every year about th...
Journalism has need for keeping secrets, as well as blabbing them
During a conversation with a Washington County law enforcement officer about a decade ago, the officer let it slip that he was going to run for sheriff the next year...
What what matters most often does not in modern media
One of the ways in which modern America media fails is this: We spend way too little time writing about things that matter, and way too much time writing about peopl...
On the media: Being first vs. being the best
Twice in the past week, I was the only media guy in the room when someone said, "I don't like the media; I really don't like the media," or &...
Pastor's Blog: WHOSE WE ARE
I Corinthians 6:12-20
Matthew 4:1-11
"I am yours and you are mine"
When my father died, it put me into a kind of identity crisis. My mother had died six year... Vinton Today causes ripple effect
Everyday we wake up and think, "What are we going to put on the website before the e-mail goes out at 11:45 ..."
Usually we don't wonder if the news we put on the site will g... A year, already?
ACT 1 was preparing to open its spring show. The Vinton-Shellsburg Jazz Band was celebrating its second place finish at the Jazz Festival, and its invitation to the I...